DEVELOPING OF SOFT SKILLS AS A FACTOR OF THE FUTURE SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SPECIALIZING IN CARTOON ANIMATION

Abstract

In their future professional activities, students need to master soft skills. Soft professional skills help to establish good and business relationships with colleagues, manage a group of people in a team, and find solutions in non-standard situations. The modern society is characterized by a rapid change in the economic situation, a high speed of technological progress, and the need for new specialties and specialists. To a large extent, the modern technological progress is associated with the processes of digitalization and informatization in traditional areas of education, science, culture, business and public administration. The remote teamwork, which was impossible in previous years, is becoming the daily norm, and the style of team member interactions is acquiring more and more features of IT companies. It is necessary to take into consideration this specific while developing the soft skills among students. In addition to universal supra-professional ones, those that are specific to the industry and related to the processes in which the team is involved should be taken into account. The article discusses various methods of developing soft skills which can be applicable in teaching students in the specialty 55.02.02 “Animation”.