Competitiveness of Youth on Labour Market in the Conditions of System Crisis

У статті розкрито сутність поняття «конкурентоспроможність молоді», систематизовано чинники та умови формування конкурентних переваг молоді на ринку праці. Розкрито зв’язок конкурентних переваг і якості людського капіталу молоді. Проаналізовано тенденції економічної активності та структури зайнятості молоді. За результатами соціологічного обстеження визначено чинники, що перешкоджають реалізації конкурентних переваг молоді. Розроблено пропозиції щодо підтримки конкурентоспроможності молоді на ринку праці. The competitive advantages of youth is suggested to understand as advantages in qualitative characteristics of the created human capital of young people which allow to get job on labor market faster, grow professionally, showing high performance, mobility, adaptation to changes and changing requirements, readiness for retraining. The factors and conditions of formation of competitive advantages of youth on labor market have been systematized in the article. The leading place among them is taken by economic and social factors which define conditions of education, upbringing, professional growth, preservation of health. The interrelation between competitive advantages and quality of the human capital of youth has been revealed. Tendencies of economic activity and structure of employment of youth have been analyzed. The imbalance between structure of demand and supply, between development of labor market and of the market of educational services has been designated. It has been proved that under such circumstances against the background of system crisis of youth it is extremely difficult to realize competitive advantages on labor market of Ukraine, to correspond to the growing requirements of employers. The results of sociological research defined the factors impeding realization of competitive advantages of youth - shortcomings of quality of training of graduates, poor quality of workplaces, low level of compensation, instability of employment. The suggestions, concerning support of competitiveness of youth on labor market have been developed