The problems of employment and unemployment on regional labor markets in the digital economy

Abstract

The chapter presents an analysis of the current global economic and technological trends in the development of the modern economy, which affect the change of regional labor markets. To a large extent, these changes are reflected in the emergence of new needs for workers with the necessary com-petencies in the field of information and computer technology, and this in turn is reflected in the model of career behavior of employees. These changes are largely related to digitalization and economic growth. This affects the decision-making of entrepreneurs in the development of internal personnel policy, including the issues related to the selection, promotion, training, and retraining of employees. The aim of the study is to identify trends in the development of regional Russian labor markets under the influence of actively implemented digitaliza-tion of the economy. The main result of the study is to identify the impact of digitalization of the economy on the qualitative and quantitative changes taking place in the regional Russian labor markets. The study concludes that it is necessary to predict the impact of digitaliza-tion of the country’s economy on regional labor markets in order to develop a competent state personnel policy that can overcome the possible negative social consequences in the form of the release of labor, reducing demand for certain specialties in the labor market. This will allow us to take advantage of the digital economy, neutralizing the possible social consequences of job cuts.