Introduction. The importance of assessing human capital is explained by the increasing role of the knowledge economy, the role of investment in the qualities and properties of each individual person due to the limited nature of other types of resources in the modern economy (material, financial, etc.). Moreover, the block of theoretical research in the field of the very concept of “human capitalˮ is also multifaceted. Until now, there is no single interpretation of this concept, which further increases the urgency of the problem of assessing human capital in order to manage it. The purpose of the study is to conduct a theoretical analysis of methods for assessing human capital and present the author's position on this issue. Materials and methods: comparative and theoretical analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. Results, discussion. The results of the theoretical analysis of methods for assessing human capital have identified a number of certain shortcomings of all the analyzed methods and determined the basis for further study, namely: − none of the analyzed methods determines at which stage of management the subject of management is currently located and what is currently human capital (product or object of investment); − most of the considered methods of assessing human capital unify a person, turning him into a “thingˮ (resource), forgetting about his uniqueness. The identified shortcomings of existing methods of assessing human capital determine the importance of developing a new approach to this process. Conclusion. The novelty of the research conducted by the author lies in the assessment of human capital taking into account the following basic postulates: the assessment of human capital not only from the standpoint of the financial component; the need to distinguish the assessment of human capital as an object or product of investment.