Forming of competitiveness of the future sphere of services specialist

Abstract

The research is focused on researching the peculiarities of the competitiveness formation of the future professional of the service industry at modern vocational education establishments. The necessity of overcoming the contradiction between the importance of meeting the needs of the economy in competitive skilled workers and insufficient theoretical and methodological support of the pedagogical process of formation of this quality with the future professionals of the service industry is emphasized.
The cognitive aspect of the system includes such characteristics as analyticity, reflexivity, speed of response, creativity, observation, criticality and integrity of thinking. It is proved that analytical thinking contributes to competitiveness as the professional is able to solve complex problems more efficiently and quickly (vital, professional, etc.); make correct, logically sound conclusions even in the absence of information; look at the problem from different perspectives and find the best variant of its decision. The basis of reflection is the mechanism of understanding by the future professional of their own motives, actions and results obtained, the ability to adequately diagnose their actions and actions of the team members, predict their own personal and professional growth.
Critical thinking as a characteristic of the cognitive aspect of the system is understood as the desire for the validate and justify their ideas and considerations, and the integrity of thinking as the ability of a professional to navigate a problematic situation using special intellectual abilities.
It is concluded that vocational education institutions need to form a system of these key characteristics of a future competitive professional in the service industry and create educational conditions under which its competitiveness will be formed.