Expanded Summary 

Right professional orientation of youngsters is an essential issue for Georgia. However, the problems related to the professional orientation have a long time negative effects which is poorly estimated by the society, especially in poor and developing countries.

Incorrect professional orientation in our society is related to such important problems as, high unemployment rate, low productivity, career development and etc. Thus, the goal of the given article is to detect impact factors for youngsters’ professional orientation in Georgia and to define their impact in the process of professional orientation decision making.

Article tells about international experience of professional orientation in different countries, such as USA, UK, France, Denmark, Japan, China and compairs it to the peculiarities of Georgian reality, which could be characterized as limited in experience and knowledge.

Study has found the problems of professional orientation in Georgia, which finaly becomes an important aspect of slower economic development of the country and limited opportunities for the youngster’s future. Article provides the ways how to improve the effectiveness of professional orientation in Georgia, through implementation of different reforms and policies which were recognized as success stories worldvide, and not only.

The Georgian model of professional orientation is still in the process of development. A lot of different events have been made to provide youngsters with the right vision for their future profession, but still there is no one sustainable system which would orient all interested counterparts.

Since there is no one system, different governmental organizations are aiming to different goals, which they believe would better suit to the needs of those choosing their professional orientation, but at the same time lack of coordination between governmental bodies brings to inefficient policies, budgeting and results.

The wrong professional orientation results of young people is noticeable as soon as they pass  at university or vocational education institutions. The wrong professional orientation of young people can be considered: a low learning motivation, low academic performance, internal mobility of other studies, which often have nothing in common with initially chosen profession and specialty; External mobility which is related to the change of specialty; high unemployment level of young people; high turnover rates from work among young people in the first year of employment, etc.

Typically, as a result of wrong professional orientation these young people have more difficulties in future career planning, on labor market competitiveness, in self-realization and ultimately the detention of their deserve places in  a society.

Despite the fact that in our society it is clearly recognized a special importance of professional orientation, it is only known on the supposition level which factors are determingn for instance the professional orientation of the graduates of high schools. Such assumptions are related to choosing a profession according to the parents' taste and discretion, advice of random people, prestige of the profession, trendyness among young people and high level of income that is characteristic for certain professions, etc.

It is not a rear case when professional orientation is offered in the field which do not require any support, and the fields which are needed and requested by the industries are neglected, thus driving the whole economy in a wrong direction.

To have a working mechanism of professional orientation in Georgia, there should be conciderd the following important issues, such as:

• Decision on future profession is made at a school age; therefore professional orientation helping programs should be concentrated at schools students, especially aiming at gradueate class pupils.
• Professional orientation policies and their implementation should be based on the real needs of the local market, which needs appropriate researches to be done on the local level, but taking in to a concideration the international trends.
• Peculiarities of the local economy, traditions and socio-economic realities should be obligatorily considered while creating policies and implementing them in Georgia.
• The system of professional orientation should clearify and respond adequately to the needs of youngsters, including information about working facilities, average salary, trends in the field, minimum qualification needs, medical issues, places where this profession could be obtained and prospectives of buing representative of this particular field.