profession

The legal support of gender equality in the professional activity of women is analyzed, on
the basis of statistical data, the composition of the judiciary corps in Ukraine and the
percentage of women in the courts are analyzed, attention is focused on the gender distribution
of heads of legal entities and private entrepreneurs in Ukraine. The content of the concept
«glass ceiling» in the professional activity of a woman is determined.

In the article the problem of competitiveness of able–bodied citizens and their capacity for professional mobility have been studied. The professional mobility has been researched by foreign and Ukrainian scientists. The European scientists started empirical investigation of the mobility processes in the mid–XXth century. It has been found that the division of labor in the history of human society led to the emergence of professions and was the main (motivation) driving force of human progress. Due to it people started to differ from one another. Considering this fact, P.

The article covers the notion of professional activity of young specialists, graduates from universities of Ukraine, that under modern socially-economical and politically-legal conditions carry out essential functions in all the social branches of society, the development, functioning of the state, and their professional activity stands as a major social value.