Present study aims to discover and understand how male workers build their careers and what the meaning
of their experience is. To do so, narrative inquiry was performed on three participants who entered labor
market right after IMF economic crisis. Narrative inquiry is one of effective qualitative research which
provides more natural and deeper understanding on personal experiences. The results show that their
experiences of career building can be divided into three stages which are ‘entry', ‘transition', and
‘integration.' First, entry stage is ‘IMF makes everything different.' The participants had a hard time to
enter labor market because of IMF economic crisis when they graduated from their university. Second,
transition stage is ‘a new start begins from where they achieve their goals.' They have made efforts day
and night to work in the place where they can show their passion and productivity. Consequently, they
acquired their career identity while gaining more work experiences and practical knowledge. Third,
integration stage is ‘go to the confident life.' ‘Their life' can be described as ‘their work' and ‘they’ can
be represented by ‘their work’. In overall, the economic depression impacted negatively on their career
building but finally they were able to work in the place where they can show their capability through a
number of transition processes. In the career construction process, participants move forward integration of
work, life and themselves as they reflect meaning of their work and life. Lastly, restrictions on this study
were discussed.