Research on Formation of Student’s Soft Skills Ensuring Competitiveness in Digital Paradigm

Abstract

In the digital economy era, competition as a driving force necessitates organizations to seek new ways to improve their competitiveness constantly. More and more researchers and representatives of different branches of scientific knowledge note the importance of soft skills for achieving competitiveness in the labor market of different professional fields. The authors of the article conducted a study on the relevant competences of graduates of economic fields in employment. The aim of the study is to identify areas of competence that are important for the professional realization of students and graduates of economic fields and to justify the need to adjust the curricula of these fields. The following methods were used in the study: content analysis, synthesis, interview (using Google forms), statistical data processing method. The article presents the results of research on the significance of formation and development not only hard skills, but also soft skills in graduates of economic directions. By means of a questionnaire survey of students and graduates of economic fields, it has been possible to rank the most important competences for the performance of their professional duties and to indicate the formation/not formation of these competences in the course of studies at the university.