With the hotel industry developing through a replanning and a redesign of existing hotels, a construction of new hotels, a development and promotion of the high-profile hotel sector, an increase in the hotel room capacity, and creating new jobs in the sector, the demand for tourism- and hospitality-related professions sees a rapid and significant growth. A vast majority of employers frequently face qualified personnel shortages, thus, the quality of specialist knowledge and skills as demonstrated by graduates is coming to the forth. The most urgent issue to be deal with at the current stage of the establishment and reformation of industry-specific higher education is the process of a comprehensive adaptation of the skills and competences that students acquire as part professional education to the demands and requirements of today’s labour market. The article covers different approaches to the definition of “competitiveness on graduation”, considers the key criteria of a graduate’s competitiveness evaluation, and substantiates the need for a more synergetic and productive collaboration between industry-specific HE institutions and the hotel-industry professional community in developing and implementing personnel training. The author identifies the best theoretical and practical aspects of the collaboration, which must significantly contribute to graduates’ competitiveness in the sphere of hospitality.
competitiveness, competitiveness on graduation, hotel-industry business community, personnel training system, theoretical and practical aspects, hotel facilities
В последнее время в центре внимания отечественной системы высшего профессионального образования оказалась проблема профессионализма выпускников вузов. Такая ситуация связана с активно нарастающим противоречием между повышением динамики спроса на специалистов различного профиля, уровнем их квалификации и качества их профессиональной подготовки. При этом основным критериями качества подготовки выпускников является их профессиональная компетентность, представляющая собой совокупность знаний, умений и навыков, необходимых для реализации профессионального и личностного потенциала.
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