Factors affecting the competitiveness of university graduates

Abstract

According to the author’s position, the sphere of physical culture and sport is one of the main ones in the life of society, as it is directly related to physical development and human health. Sport is currently gaining popularity among young people. There are more and more people wishing to get higher sports education. In the conditions of overabundance of specialists in the field of physical culture and sports, increasing competition there is a need to study the factors affecting the competitiveness of university graduates and ways to improve it. There is a contradiction between the demands of the labor market, the state of theoretical knowledge and the structure of practice in the university. In the article the ways of formation of competitiveness of graduates of the National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health (NSU) named after Lesgaft are considered; the factors influencing competitiveness of graduates are revealed; practical recommendations on its improvement are given.