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The purpose is to identify the key employability determinants for young Ukrainian migrants with tertiary education in light of the changing labour market conditions caused by the war. Design/methodology/approach. This paper conducts a structural and dynamic analysis of market changes in Ukraine and the countries hosting Ukrainian refugees, namely Poland and Germany, due to the war. The key determinants influencing the demand for professionals with tertiary education are identified through an analysis of job vacancies on employment websites in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Findings. Amidst a shrinking labour force in Ukraine due to migration and a shortage of vacancies, there is a noticeable increase in employability in the labour markets in Poland and Germany. The growth is particularly evident among females and in the service sphere, especially within the IT sphere. An analysis of employment websites in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany has identified the key determinants of demand for young professionals. The primary employability characteristics of Ukrainian migrants include professional skills, particularly digital skills relevant to specific jobs, as well as soft skills. These requirements differ by profession and country. In Poland, there are lower requirements for formal recognition of higher education diplomas in certain professions. However, employers, as in Germany, significantly emphasise on professional experience. Originality. Under the conditions of war and significant structural transformations in the labour markets in Ukraine and the countries hosting Ukrainian migrants, this study investigates the current employability changes among job seekers. Our research contributes to the understanding of labour markets by identifying key determinants of professional success for migrants with tertiary education, which can also act as an obstacle to integration into the host countries' labour markets if the required competencies are lacking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research presented in this article seeks to evaluate the impact of intellectual potential on a country's competitiveness as measured by the most important indicators of economic growth and standard of living. The population with tertiary education as well as with the relevant professional competences required for entrepreneurship and employment form the study group. Intellectual potential indicators along with general and partial productivity indicators, i.e. multifactor productivity (MFP) and labour productivity (LP) respectively, are calculated for different population groups using various methods, with the impact of MFP and LP in relation to each other subsequently analysed. The research revealed that the factors with the greatest impact on LP are: the share of people in the employed population involved in R&D, the share of researchers in the total employed population, as well as the level of tertiary education in terms of the total population as well as for the economically active population and self-employed persons. It was also found that the intensity of the influence of intellectual potential on LP has decreased, but only insignificantly. This decrease indicates the need to strengthen the role of other resources in relation to economic development and improvements in competitiveness. Today, MFP, as the gross indicator of economic progress and standard of living, has no apparent dependence on most of the studies intellectual potential indicators with the exception of the share of professionals with tertiary education (correlation coefficient = 0.440). This finding suggests an increased need to balance the use of all production resources, in particular through innovative work and the development of skills which are not necessarily formed in the field of tertiary education, at least in its formal sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]