Аннотация
The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of developing the competitiveness of future specialists from the position of psychological and pedagogical science. The problem of competitiveness is considered in the aspect of public and scientific demand. According to the authors, personal development is considered as a basic quality of competitiveness of future specialists.The study of the problem by domestic scholars and researchers from near and far abroad from the position of different sciences is revealed. Competitiveness is defined as a socially oriented system of abilities, properties, and qualities of a person. It characterizes the potential of a person to achieve success, both in educational, professional, and non-professional life, as well as determines the appropriate individual behavior in a dynamic changing environment.From the position of the authors of the article, factors, conditions, and parameters of the competitiveness of specialists of any profile continue to expand in the following activities such as professional adaptation, certification, solving situational pedagogical tasks, communication in the educational process, solving the problem of educational variability, career growth, placement of personnel, and others.