Foreign Experience in Forming Social Competency of Future Specialists in Service Sector

Foreign experience in forming social competency of future specialists in service sector being the system of social, psychological and pedagogical knowledge, skills, life and professional experience, values, motives of life activities and personal qualities that makes it possible to effectively execute social functions in the society has been revealed in the article. The specificity and influence of the educational process in the educational establishment on the forming of social competency of a student’s personality have been analyzed. The social competency requires from an individual such qualities as integrity, ability to protect his/her own opinion, to resist unwanted influence as well as tolerance and the ability to adapt and, moreover, to operate effectively in constantly changing social conditions. The socially competent person should not only understand the nature and the specific character of a situation or a problem, but also be able to solve it practically, be motivated to do it, be able to analyze both his/her own performance and its consequences. The study of theory and practice of training specialists in service sector has showed that nowadays there are only few researches dedicated to theoretical study and approbation of the content and methodology of forming social competency of future specialists in service sector.