Career competencies refer to knowledge and skills central to career development. They are particularly important at the start of the career, as early-career choices can have an impact on career outcomes in the longer term. Building on Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory, this study sets out to investigate (1) how career competencies on average change in the transition from higher education to the labor market, (2) whether there are different trajectories (3) connected to labor market experiences. Results are based on a sample of 1180 young adults at five time points, spanning their final year of higher education and the first 10 months at the labor market. Data were analyzed using latent growth curve and latent growth class analyses. Results demonstrated that (1) career competencies on average increased during education and remained stable after labor market entrance: Our interpretation along COR theory is that the transition triggers investment in career competencies and that excess resources are then stalled. (2) Three profiles of change in career competencies were identified, described according to their starting values and change pattern after graduation: high-stable, medium-steadily increasing, and low-late increasing. (3) Individuals in the high-stable profile reported higher education-job fit, whereas individuals in the low-late increasing profile were less likely to be employed four months after graduation. Hence, by including multiple time points, by accounting for within-person dynamics and by taking two contexts (education and labor market) into account, this study was able to increase understanding of change in resources in transition periods.

职业能力是指对职业发展至关重要的知识和技能。它们在职业生涯开始时尤为重要，因为早期的职业选择可能会对长期的职业成果产生影响。本研究以资源保护 (COR) 理论为基础，着手调查 (1) 从高等教育到劳动力市场的转变过程中职业能力的平均变化，(2) 是否存在与劳动力相关的不同轨迹 (3)市场经验。结果基于五个时间点的 1180 名年轻人的样本，涵盖他们高等教育的最后一年和劳动力市场的前 10 个月。使用潜在增长曲线和潜在增长类别分析来分析数据。结果表明，（1）职业能力在教育期间平均增加，并在进入劳动力市场后保持稳定：我们根据 COR 理论的解释是，转变触发了对职业能力的投资，然后过剩的资源就会停滞不前。(2) 确定了三种职业胜任力变化特征，根据其初始值和毕业后变化模式进行描述：高稳定、中稳定增长和低后期增长。(3) 处于高稳定状态的个体报告了高等教育与工作的契合度，而处于低增长状态的个体在毕业四个月后不太可能就业。因此，通过包括多个时间点，通过考虑人内动态并考虑两个背景（教育和劳动力市场），