The situation on the labor market today is undergoing changes. Some of the professions continue to be in demand, while others gradually cease to be in demand. Graduates of educational institutions often have to choose a job not in the specialty that they have been taught for several years. What professions are most in demand these days?
In the opinion of specialists working in recruitment agencies, there is still a high demand for sales professionals and qualified managers in Russia. But for lawyers and economists, who have graduated in large numbers in recent years by many universities of various profiles, today it is increasingly difficult to find a decent job.
Of course, the level of training and qualifications of the applicant is of great importance. It is no secret that higher education does not always keep up with the demands of the times. Often, the quality of education received by graduates leaves much to be desired. There are cases when the leaders of innovative projects prefer to hire experienced specialists who have, for example, a basic legal or construction education, and then retrain them in the course of their functional duties.
The situation in the developing sectors of the economy is complicated by the fact that the labor market is experiencing an obvious shortage of narrowly focused specialists, in particular, engineers or specialists in the field of materials science. For example, the growing interest in nanotechnology in various sectors of the national economy is practically not taken into account by modern universities. And competent personnel in the field of high technologies are required today.
Labor market demand is largely determined by the current structure of the Russian economy. As long as the basis of economic activity is purchase and sale in all its manifestations, heads of marketing departments, sales specialists, insurance agents, sales representatives of firms will remain in demand.
The development of digital technologies is likely to leave high demand for IT specialists, qualified programmers, engineers and technicians in the field of setting up communication systems and computer technology. In these areas of activity, those applicants who are able to quickly follow the increasing changes in the field of technology will be advantageous.
Those who are at the beginning of their future professional careers today need to be prepared for the fact that throughout their lives they will have to retrain, improve their qualifications, and master related professions. Only such tactics will allow us to adapt to the dynamically changing labor market.
