Additional professional education as means of university graduates competitiveness at labor market

article covers the introduction of extra professional programs into the educational process in order to use additional professional education to increase the competitiveness of university graduates in the labor market. The paper examines the experience of implementing additional professional programs on estimated pricing in the construction and development of estimate documentation using specialized software. To assess the effectiveness of the implementation of additional professional programs and to study the educational needs of students, questionnaire methods were used, and then a comparative analysis of the empirical material obtained was carried out. The authors raised the issue of organizing students'' independent work (IWS) and described the experience of IWS organization through the use of e-learning elements. As a further area of research, the problem of expanding the list of software products used for educational purposes, as well as the possibility of using open access educational specialized free of charge software in the educational process, is highlighted. The data and conclusions given in the article are of both pedagogical and methodical interest and can be used by university professors of technical training directions.