Need Analysis of College-Educated Labor Resources in the Russian Arctic

Abstract

In the first half of the 20th century due to the changed economic conditions, growing interest of foreign countries and their corporate sector in the Arctic, the implementation of large-scale investment projects in mining and processing of minerals, the use of transport routes in the Russian Arctic, the issue of human resources provision is becoming more topical. The paper presents the requirement analysis of college-educated labor resources in the sub-federal units of the Russian Arctic in the current (until 2020) and medium-term (until 2022) perspective using sociological and analytical methods. Highly qualified personnel and their advanced technical solutions are considered as the main conditions for the adaptation of Arctic communities and economic systems to environmental changes and new requirements of world technological paradigms. The study results can be recommended for the federal and regional executive authorities for formulating policy in the academic space management, targeted college-educated personnel training for the real sector of economy of the Russian Arctic. The paper can be useful for enterprises operating in the Arctic macro-region, for developing a system for monitoring and evaluating staffing needs and introducing such a system into the management of the socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of Russia.