Social Competencies in the development of the Professional Potential of Young People

The article is devoted to assessing the need of the labor market for personnel with certain flexible skills, the so-called “soft-skills”. A literary review of scientific papers devoted to similar research issues is carried out, based on the data obtained, an expanded concept of the term “social competence” is presented. A detailed analysis of existing employers’ requests for the possession of a particular social competence by potential employees in the current conditions has revealed a number of “basic” and “composite” social competencies, which will allow further research to study the peculiarities of the combination of certain positions when considering employers’ requirements for candidates for vacant positions in various industries and spheres.