The article provides an analysis of various aspects of professional activity and professional growth of specialists in the socio-economic sector, in particular civil servants, and ways to improve it. The main directions of the study of professionalism in public administration are defined. The characteristics and professionalism of the civil servants' professionalism are highlighted. At the same time, attention was paid to the study of gender differences within the framework of philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, sociology, public administration, both in our country and abroad. An analysis of studies on gender issues in the professionalism of civil servants was carried out, which showed that the main attention is paid to: studies of differences in the profile of professional interests of men and women; the study of the effectiveness of leadership by men and women; research on gender aspects of career development; identifying differences in professional motivation; the study of professional self-determination, professional adaptation; comparison of business and personal qualities of men and women, etc. It is emphasized that the main general psychological requirements for the professional activity of civil servants are: social competence; emotional and psychological culture, which in turn require qualities such as the ability to integrate emotional evaluations and intuitive ideas in decision-making; the degree of psychological and emotional stability; ability to establish effective interaction; ability to understand the interests of both their own and those of colleagues and subordinates; ability to work in a team; ability to manage oneself, understanding of personal values and goals, ability to influence the environment, to manage, to teach; ingenuity, creativity, pursuit of professional and personal growth and more. It is shown that on the basis of interdisciplinary base of knowledge about professionalism a scientific vision is formed concerning: social and psychological bases of formation of professionalism, its dynamics in the context of professional life cycle and career and professional development of professional, acmeological bases of professionalism; various characteristics of professionalism of employees ("portraits", morphological descriptions, models of subjects as a management activity in general, and special types of activity in public administration); professionalism as an object of assessment in the context of personnel management; components of professionalism (knowledge, skills, skills), which are formed in the course of professional training of employees, etc. Therefore, it is important to determine how the gender characteristics of civil servants affect the professional development, as the above-mentioned requirements for professional activity require both feminine and masculine manifestations of personality.
METHODS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
