Смышляев В.А.

In an article on the example of the Voronezh region, an analysis is made of such practical-oriented forms of accompanying professional self-determination as professional polygons (in the format of the Criminal Procedure Code), game championships in professional competence (the JuniorSkills program); their advantages and disadvantages, prospects from the point of view of formation of youth readiness for professional self-determination, taking into account both their own interests and the interests of society, are determined..

In the article actual problems of a condition and perfection of professional orientation work in modern Russian high schools as object of social and economic policy are considered and analyzed. Priority attention is paid to the analysis of the interrelationship between social and economic policy, the sphere of education and vocational guidance. The author's characteristic of the essence, specificity, structure and goals of vocational guidance work in universities is given. Formed forms and types of vocational guidance work of universities with applicants and students have been studied. The main directions of optimization of vocational guidance work are determined. The necessity of creating a federal and regional vocational guidance centers in Russia that can effectively manage the system of vocational guidance in the Russian Federation and its regions is substantiated.