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CURIOSITY

Curiosity about the labour market expresses a positive
attitude, forward-looking and is related to observation,
questioning and experimentation of activities and roles,
interest in wanting to know more about career options,
questioning about life situations and lifestyles and about
oneself in different roles of life and possible futures.

This competence favours community involvement
promotes realism in decision-oriented exploration and
prevents the creation of unrealistic expectations and
aspirations towards the future13.

To foster curiosity, it may be important to choose
interventions that will foster the students' interest in
exploring the future, promote learning from information-
seeking behaviours, using various sources and exploration
resources, exploring the world of school, domestic and
community work and of attractive professions, activities
that favour the test of reality (experimentation) and the
use of technology (multimedia and hypermedia)35, 19.

CONTROL

It involves the increase of self-regulation through the practice of
decision-making and taking responsibility for the future, and the
gain of a sense of self-direction and authorship in the
construction of the future. It also implies the will to decide and
assertiveness in the decision-making processes.

These skills foster confidence and career autonomy and
compete to avoid persistent career indecision and
fluctuation. Professionals can facilitate the development of
these competences in their consultants, favouring in the
interventions, the clarification of self-concepts, the
management of debilitating anxiety in decision making,
the assertive dialogue and the raising of support from the
most significant ones.