This work has the objective of discussing the perspectives and challenges of the vocational orientation process (VO) towards the XXI century. The VO process, helping the individual to find a professional identity, aids on the structuring of his/her personal identity, favoring a life project elaboration. The science and technology development produces accentuated changes in the labor market, and causes its continuous change. The new reality, which is delineated in the Brazilian context, demands that the VO adapts itself to the social changes. Thus, some aspects should be considered and analyzed with the purpose of reaching the effectiveness in VO, among them: the professional’s role that should be aware of the ethical posture which he should assume and the real purpose of VO, that should not just inform about the professions, but it should work the self-knowledge and the question of the choice in itself.
Vocational orientation; Changes; Challenges and perspectives