In the UK, the concept of employability is influential in current conceptualizations of career development. It is an example of a discourse underpinned by faith in individual transformation as a response to unstable labour markets, a position that is not unproblematic when structural factors are taken into account. This article introduces an alternative perspective, the capability approach, to encourage debate about its value, and to begin to outline what it means for career counselling and development practice. An overview of the capability approach is provided, and the resonance between the concerns of the capability approach and those of career development practitioners will be highlighted. Key difficulties in applying the approach are identified before implications of the capability approach for practice are considered.

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职业发展的能力方法：对实践的介绍和启示

在英国，就业能力的概念在当前的职业发展概念中具有影响力。这是一个以个人转变作为对不稳定劳动力市场的反应的信念为基础的话语的例子，当考虑到结构性因素时，这一立场并非没有问题。本文介绍了另一种观点，即能力方法，以鼓励对其价值的辩论，并开始概述它对职业咨询和发展实践的意义。提供了能力方法的概述，并将强调能力方法的关注点与职业发展从业者的关注点之间的共鸣。在考虑能力方法对实践的影响之前，确定应用该方法的主要困难。