Volunteering as the means of forming the students social responsibility

In modern market conditions the employer requires that future specialist has not only professional knowledge, but also the high level of social responsibility. Therefore, the most important social requirement for the higher education institution as an institution of socialization is that it should be focused not only on the development of students professional skills, but also on the development of the future specialist personality, on his cognitive and creative abilities, on his successful socialization in the society and active adaptation to the labor market. One of the forms of university training, as well as one of the means of forming social responsibility, is the participation of students into the volunteer activities that promote the development of appropriate leader features that can be applied both in ordinary life and in professional activities. These features are: the ability to make somebody work, to get people interested, to organize people, to organize themselves, to get support from the public and private institutions, etc. In the process of participation in volunteer activities students acquire professional experience, broaden their horizons, increase the level of culture, develop social intelligence, creativity, etc.