Post-Accession Economic Migration of Young Adults as Element of Changing Career Patterns in Poland

The results presented in this paper were obtained as part of a research project (funded by the National Science Centre Kraków – NN 106 348 140) entitled: Economic Migration andReturning Home Experienced Contemporary Poles. A Social Pedagogy Study. Quantitative strategies used (N-174) diagnostic survey, and basic problem was What experiences related to work (before, during after emigration) do young Poles have? This article reviews how vocational career patterns changed against background social cultural transformations that took place Poland; it also addresses economic migration these identifies guidance context adults. Sampling studies adults (return migrants) revealed significance they assigned their labour mainly involved 3D (dirty, dull, dangerous) jobs. two-stage skill depreciation found brain waste (before migration) reasons for well its consequences future potential (post-migration “CV gaps” vs. sense agency, resourcefulness).