%0 Journal Article %T Different Speeds of Professional Careers and Their Social Determinants %A Wołk, Zdzisław %J Labor et Educatio %V 2016 %R 10.4467/25439561LE.16.005.6743 %N 4 (2016) %P 69-82 %K professional career, professional work, pace of change, determinants, biography %@ 2353-4745 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/labor-et-educatio/article/kariery-zawodowe-roznych-predkosci-i-ich-spoleczne-uwarunkowania %X Professional work in post-capitalistic conditions is characterized by instability and its course has non-linear and discontinuous nature. Professional development of employees performing professional work is a  sequence of countless momentary states. These moments are defined as a number of different factors that in past were predictable, today however may cause unexpected consequences. it requires subsequent setting new goals and selecting ways of their implementation. The education plays an important role here, which interventions taking place over the entire life may significantly modify course of professional biography.