REGIONAL LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY FORMATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the state of the labor market in Ivano-Frankivsk region during 2015-2017. The basic structural changes of the population employment that are inherent in the regional labor market are determined. It is revealed that the transformational changes in the economy of the region have become crucial tendencies of structural shifts in employment. The mutual influence of changes in the labor market and trends of the economy knowledge in the region is analyzed. It is proved that the innovative development of the region, the efficiency of the labor market functioning requires a new specialists capable of creative and strategic thinking, highly professional and competitive. It is determined that the formation of the knowledge economy in the region requires deconstruction and restructuring of the leading industries that determine the features of the region. Intellectualization of labor, knowledge management are the defining features of a new economy. Local and regional authorities are invited to focus on adjusting the strategy of socio-economic reforms in the region aimed at ensuring effective employment. It is proved that the transition to the knowledge economy poses new challenges to the national system of education and its management as an important sphere for the formation and development of human capital. It is determined that structural changes in the population employment during analyzed period were destructive in the region, since the reduction of the employed took place in scientific and technological activities and in industry. It is proved that the reasons for the existence of an imbalance between demand and supply of labor are structural disproportions in the national economy, the deterioration of the sex-age structure of the workforce, the absence of a mechanism for providing prestige to individual labor professions. It is determined that for Ukraine and its regions, the issue of reforming all levels of education is being updated with the aim of forming and increasing human capital for the knowledge economy functioning.