This is an all-time record, says Maxim Gerasimov, marketing director of the international outsourcing company DKRS. “According to hh.ru, the main demand for candidates is concentrated in several professional groups: labor, production, services (37 percent), sales, customer service, retail trade (33.5 percent), construction and goods roots (14.7 percent). Entrepreneurs from different sectors are forced to compete for the same people in the labor market,” says Maxim Gerasimov.
Mass line personnel are the most in demand: warehouse cleaning workers and delivery drivers. For specific specialties, these are pickers, packers, adhesives, loaders, merchandisers, cashiers, kitchen workers.
“There are several reasons for the demand for these personnel. The first is seasonality: in summer, Russians go to their dachas or on vacation, and line staff go to work part-time in agriculture. The policy also had an impact: there are fewer immigrants in the market and therefore fewer workers. One factor that has a constant passive influence on the situation is an echo of the demographic hole of the 1990s. The current generation of people between 25 and 35 years old. years is in itself a small amount and is the main backbone of the workers,” says Maxim Gerasimov.
The second factor is the emergence of new job specialties. During the pandemic, companies began to actively develop delivery services. This led to the emergence of new professions, for example, a new vacancy – collector. These workers are now more in demand than shippers. “We are faced with a situation where the personnel needs of companies have increased, but the number of personnel themselves has remained the same or even decreased,” notes Maxim Gerasimov.
In Russia, staff shortages in the auto repair industry are also worsening, warns Dmitry Demchuk, general director of the KardanBalance network of auto repair shops. “With the departure of foreign companies, we have to expand specialization, train employees and set up our own production. This is due, among other things, to the emergence of new tasks: in 2023, owners of special military and agricultural equipment will become customers. of automobile repair shops. To develop the agro-industrial complex, many companies purchased foreign-made machines. The transition of demand for domestic special equipment will be gradual, but this will take five to seven years. The demand for auto parts and specialists to work with. Combines and trucks have increased. There is a serious shortage of personnel in the regions,” says Dmitri Demchuk.
Automotive repair shops primarily need acceptance technicians, turners, millers, design engineers and qualified mechanics. “For passenger cars you can still find a mechanic, but for agricultural machinery it is more difficult: instead of looking for an experienced repairer for a high salary, we train novice craftsmen within the company. going from trainee to leading specialist in one year,” says Dmitri Demchuk.
Today the market has greater demand for mass line personnel: packers, adhesives, loaders, merchandisers, cashiers.
There are also skilled craftsmen who work in one position for 7 to 10 years. It is difficult to find an equivalent replacement for them, so management’s task is to retain them. A competitive salary in the market is important. Wage indexation is simply necessary due to the sharp rise in inflation. The workload increases during the summer season and during this period it is better to provide bonuses to employees in advance, RG experts note.
The country is experiencing an increasing shortage of personnel in the field of automobile repair and special equipment.
As for the most in-demand work professions, in the near future the demand for specialists in the fields of information technology, robotics, biotechnology, electricity, nanotechnology, the financial sector, construction and education will increase, predicts Tatyana Borzenkova, head of the customer department. of the Warm Conversations pension network for seniors.
“The education of the future will have many obstacles to overcome. Research increasingly points to the formalization of knowledge, insufficient funding and low student motivation. Problematic factors also include the aging of the teaching force and the poor quality of training for future teachers. It is constantly changing and training programs find it difficult to adapt to these changes,” warns Tatyana Borzenkova.
