Diagnostics of the Professional Applicability of Public Administration Staff
The issue of the effectiveness of public administration is particularly acute in times of crisis and requires, first of all, special attention to the process of holding office by candidates, to assess their professional suitability. The article defines the difficulties of diagnosing the professional fitness of a public civil servant, identifies the need for its assessment as a three-pronged process of measurement, forecasting and formation. The analysis of domestic and foreign experience in assessing the professional aptitude of a public administration specialist shows the similarity of assessment systems and the application of the principle of competitive selection of personnel. The article emphasizes the need to introduce competence-oriented tasks into the assessment procedure that allow determining the zone of development of professional fitness of a civil servant.