The task of the competence-based approach in higher vocational education is the training of qualified specialists that are competitive in the labour market. The review of the requirements of numerous firms to the competence of employees showed that for a particular business one needs professionals who have certain "business"-competencies that bring profit to the company: no profit – specialist has no competencies. At the same time, more attention is paid to universal competencies when hiring. As a rule, professional competence is confirmed by the diploma of the university. In work methodical features of various approaches to modelling "business"-competencies at employment of graduates of high schools are considered. Keywords: professional concepts, universal competencies, "business"-competencies, indicators (concepts), modelling "business"-competencies.