Competitiveness of human resources in the system of labour relations of a modern society

High competitiveness of human resources becomes the majorfactor of success of global competition in the conditions of knowledge economy development. Human resources are people possessingphysical, intellectual, creative, psychological potentials, professional know-hows and skills. Competitiveness of human resources isunderstood as a set of qualities defining advantages of the participant of labour relations in comparison with others. Characteristics ofhuman resources influence the type, the content of labour relations and the formation of competitive advantages. Thus, we understandlabour relations as relations developing in connection with participation in labour activity. They exist in the pre-labour, labour, afterlabourstages of the persons life cycle. Competition is an immanent peculiarity of labour relations. It is rivalries of their participatorscaused by comparative qualitative characteristics of labour power offered to an employer. It is revealed in the plane of horizontal labourrelations (worker-worker, employer-employer) and in the plane of vertical labour relations (worker-employer). There is a competitionin the labour market and during employment. The competition occurs between applicants of workplaces and employers because ofthe best conditions of hiring in the labour market. It happens both between workers, and between workers and employers (the proprietor,the manager, the chief) because of the conditions of employment in the sphere of employment. Competitiveness of human resources atthe ego-level, micro-level, meso-level, macro-level is differentiated. The basis of competitiveness is formed by characteristics of individualhuman resources. These are 1) physical abilities, health, exterior (the biophysical capital); 2) intellectual and creative abilities,knowledge and skills (the intellectual capital); 3) psychological qualities, moral norms, personal motivations (the moral and psychologicalcapital); 4) origin, connections, the status (the social capital); 5) communicative abilities, flexibility (the communicative capital), etc.Formation of competitiveness of human resources at the macro-level is influenced by internal and external factors. Internal are the quantitativeand qualitative characteristics of human resources. External are the social and economic, institutional factors, the labour marketand the enterprise environment. The character of influence of internal and external factors should be considered at designing of strategyof state regulation.

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