Okolelykh  I. V.

The relevance of the topic. The need to study the existing state system of ensuring employment of the population is due to significant changes in internal and external factors determining the situation on the Russian labor market, and, accordingly, the formation of new priorities and tasks in the field of human resource management. Goal. Description of the main directions of reforming the state employment service, identification of the main problems that arise and approaches to their solution. Methodology. The theoretical research is based on a comparative analysis of statistical data, publications in open sources, expert assessments, and the results of sociological surveys. The methodological basis is axiomatics, interpretation, comparison and generalization, as well as methods of statistical analysis, expert assessments and forecasting. Results and conclusions. The article substantiates the need for the formation of a new mechanism for professional (re) training and market allocation of labor resources to available vacant and new jobs being created, taking into account the needs of the country's economy. This requires testing a new model for the functioning of the working link of the state employment service — the modernized employment center, including the development and implementation of a system for planning and evaluating the performance of departments of the updated state employment service. It is necessary to organize systematic research and scientific and methodological work, primarily in terms of monitoring, forecasting and coordination of the labor market and the vocational education system. Scope of application. The article is of interest to specialists in the field of labor market management, as well as practitioners implementing the reform of the state employment service.

The relevance of the topic. The need to identify problem points in the system of financial incentives for university teachers is due to the deterioration of the structure of the teaching staff and, as a consequence, a decrease in the quality of higher education. Goal. Development of proposals to improve the remuneration system of the teaching staff based on the identification of its «bottlenecks». Methodology. Theoretically, the study is based on a comparative analysis of various theories of remuneration. The methodological basis of its applied part is axiomatics, interpretation, comparison and generalization. The method of statistical analysis is also used in the work. The empirical basis of the study was the results of a sociological survey conducted under the guidance of the authors. Results and conclusions. The article is devoted to the assessment of the existing system of remuneration of university teachers from the point of view of labor productivity and the impact on the quality of education. The motives and priorities of university teachers’ activities are revealed. The authors propose measures to improve the remuneration system of teaching staff and substantiate the need to develop an appropriate model that includes such key elements as the level of wages, the actual intensity of labor, the ratio of qualification levels within professional qualification groups, criteria for labor performance. Scope of application. The article is of interest to specialists in the field of remuneration and labor rationing, as well as practitioners involved in the development of personnel policy of universities.