Center for skills development in training competitive experts

The research analyzes the development environment for creative and highly demanded human resources. One of its main factors implies the correspondence between learning outcomes and ever-renewed labor market demands in the context of Industry 4.0. Having analyzed the legal instruments on the social and economic advancement of Russia, the authors substantiate the necessity for project-based economic arrangements and, as a consequence, the importance of developing project skills in terms of a new educational system. Project skills are rated the top ones determining the competitiveness of university graduates. The paper demonstrates the need to enhance project-based learning through the increased cooperation between higher educational institutions and labor market. The authors propose the management model of the center for skills and employability development within university-company collaboration by means of state support or on a commercial basis.