Career Expectations in the Problem Field of Rural Youth Life Strategies

The article is devoted to the study of a career as a life strategy for rural youth. In an ever-changing society, youth's views on career and behavior patterns are changing. In rural conditions, youth career strategies may differ f r om the career strategies of city residents. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the need arose to find a job as a graduate on their own, which led to a new direction in research - the study of the initial stage of a youth career and issues related to their construction. A study conducted in institutions of higher professional education in the city of Novosibirsk showed the students' attitudes toward the beginning of a career, minimum wages, the need or absence of the need for part-time work during studies, the importance of career growth, the value of a diploma.