Source: Daily Maverick – Published 23 January 2026
As the world of work becomes ever more unpredictable, career counselling helps people navigate change and build resilience by looking inward.
In this world, career counselling focuses on navigating repeated transitions and developing resilience. It is about employability and designing meaningful work-lives – not about finding a single “job for life”. It recognises that economic activity is part of wider social realities. At its heart is the search for a sense of purpose.
As a career counsellor and academic, I’ve been through decades of innovation, research and practice in South Africa and beyond. I have found that the work of US counselling psychologist Mark Savickas offers a useful way to understand how people build successful and purpose-filled careers in changing times.
His career construction theory says that rather than trying to “match” people to the “right” environment, counsellors should see their clients as authors of their own careers, constantly trying to create meaning, clarify their career-life themes and adapt to an unpredictable world.
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