IS CAREER TODAY JUST A SURPRISE IN LIFE?

Career, as a succession of human activities through all his life, is conditioned by various economic, social, political, cultural, psychological and other factors. The man of these days works in the changing world, which by various scientists (Fullan, 1998; Drucker, 1993; Tolminson, 2002; Bauman, 2002, Webster, 2006 and others) is called postmodern age. The scientists emphasize, that change is one of the essential features of postmodern society. They mark that, what is going on in the world, is transition to a new type of society, which overstepped the limits of the industrial era. To define this new social order, various terms were created: post-industrial society, the information age, knowledge economy, learning society, creative society. These social transformations make an influence on all human life spheres, especially on his activity. Therefore, in order to manage the career process, it is necessary to know well, what new requirements arise for a man due to the changes occurring in the world, how the career context changes – the environment, where the man works and realises himself.