FORMATION OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SOFT-SKILLS DEVELOPMENT MAP IN THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF IT SPECIALISTS

The relevance of the research lies in the fact that in modern conditions, it is of great importance for employers to minimize costs in the process of adaptation of graduates of the higher professional education system. Often there are communication problems between the employer and the young specialist. This is due to the fact that in the process of learning, students acquire knowledge, skills and abilities, but at the same time they form a certain type of behavior that prevents them from achieving a result with the proper quality, in a certain period of time. It's a result of communication barrier that appears during the adaptation of a young employee in the workplace. The purpose of the research is to identify missing competencies in the professional education for IT specialists and develop   competence map in the project «Smart World» Academy (Tomsk IT company «Smart World»). Methods: competitive analysis of professional education for IT specialists, the integral assessments for the analysis of acceleration programs in Tomsk, and the competence map. The study results of employers’ needs and trends in the professional education for IT specialists allowed us to draw up competencies map. The main missing competencies in education were soft-skills, especially team work. These competencies are universal for juniors and university graduates. The IT sector and business are interested in development of soft-skills. The competence map will allow Tomsk IT companies selecting employees and influencing their further professional development. And for universities, this map is an indicative profile of a graduate, whose training will increase the demand for an employer. As a result, structural gap between the needs of employers and the professional education for IT specialists will be closed.