The article is aimed at the theoretical and methodical grounding of necessity to supplement the employee\'s labor potential with the educational component and to define the essential characteristics of the modern educational potential. Classification of employee\'s labor potential is the subject of numerous studies by both the domestic and foreign scientists. However, the substance of educational potential attract little attention, although the presence and importance of educational component in the structure of labor potential were highlighted. Attempts to study the substance of the notion «educational potential» were made by scientists on the region and the State levels, but the educational potential of employee was left without attention. As a result of the presented research, it was confirmed that the employee\'s modern educational potential has a great importance in his life. The rapidly changing conditions of formation of cognitive society require that employee takes quick and innovative solutions, that is, requirements to the contemporary educational potential become increased. With this in mind, its substantial features should be determined, which will allow to build a development and management strategy. Thus, the characteristic signs of employee\'s modern educational potential are flexibility, autonomy, uniqueness and usefulness. Prospects for further research in this area is the quantitative-qualitative analysis and the identification of factors and catalysts for the development of the employee\'s educational potential.
