“…Scholarly studies on the problem of occupational flexibility formation appeared in the early 1950s and at first treated it as various kinds of occupations or professions related to the basic kinds of labor: physical, non-physical and farming (Lipset & Bendix, 1959). Interest in the investigation of this phenomenon in the World is considerable (Abdikerova et al, 2014;Goryunova, 2006;Igoshev, 2008;Iucu et al, 2011;Lisaitėhas, 2012;Mishchenko & Orobchenko, 2019;Prokhorenko, 2017). And besides, occupational flexibility is regarded by researchers as the ability of the subject to acquire adjacent kinds of professional activity, to easily change the profile of their professional activity, and to pass on from one level of professional activity to another (Goryunova, 2006); as a personality trait manifested by their ability to move up and down career ladder demonstrating the subject's ability and readiness to change their professional position or status and to move in the professional sphere; (Igoshev, 2008;Meshkova, 2019).…”