Assessing the development of digital employment in the labor market on the example of the it sector: basic metrics
Автор: Kamarova Tatyana A., Baranova Natalya V.
Журнал: Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast @volnc-esc-en
Рубрика: Social and economic development
Статья в выпуске: 6 т.15, 2022 года.
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The article is devoted to the assessment of the development of digital employment in the IT sector. The aim of the study is to determine the metrics of digital employment in the IT sector in the gender and territorial perspective, which can be used for monitoring the development and comprehensive assessment of the labor market in the area under consideration. We provide our own understanding of the essence of the term “digital employment”. The research was conducted by benchmarking and content analysis of information about the supply and demand of labor force in the IT sector; the information was retrieved from Russian government and commercial job search and recruitment websites (Rabota Rossii and HeadHunter). The subject of the content analysis was information about the number and composition of vacancies and resumes in the digital segment of employment in the IT sector, including vacancies containing references to remote working hours, both overall in the sample, and in the context of gender and industry. The content analysis covered vacancies and resumes in all federal districts: Central, Northwestern, Southern, North Caucasian, Volga, Ural, Siberian and Far Eastern. The results were used to calculate the structure of professional qualifications, to identify gender specifics and general trends in the development of digital employment in the IT sector, both on average in the country and in the federal districts. The analysis of information on the demands of the labor market participants in the area under consideration allowed us to conclude about the asymmetry of supply and demand. In order to assess the development of the market for professional qualifications in the IT sector, the metrics of digital employment were identified, which help to evaluate its quantitative and qualitative characteristics, including in the gender and territorial perspective. The research results can further be used in monitoring the development and comprehensive assessment of digital employment in the IT sector, and also serve as the basis for the development and implementation of state policy programs to regulate digital employment in the labor market of the IT sector.
Digital employment, remote employment, information technology sector, it sector, gender, resume, vacancy, labor market
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/147239132
IDR: 147239132 | DOI: 10.15838/esc.2022.6.84.12
Текст научной статьи Assessing the development of digital employment in the labor market on the example of the it sector: basic metrics
The relevance of the study is due to the processes of globalization, digitalization, informatization, wide implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet in the labor organization and increasing their role in the state economy. In today’s rapidly changing digital economy conditions, under the influence of many different factors, employment is transformed, its digital forms are developing, the structure of the country’s economy is changing, including the information technology sector (hereinafter – IT-industry). In order to identify the scale, structure, gender specifics and efficiency of digital employment in the IT sector in a timely manner, metrics of socio-economic assessment of the development of this segment of employment are is important to use. The development of such metrics is one of the expected results of the IT sector development strategy until 20251, according to which this sector in Russia has the potential for global competitiveness and should become one of the most important points of economic growth. Currently, the share of IT specialists in the total number of employees does not exceed 1.2%, while in countries with a developed digital economy this indicator reaches 2.0–3.4%. In order to achieve a leading position in the economy’s digitalization, Russia needs a significant increase in qualified IT personnel in the short term. This requires new approaches to the systematization of information on the current supply and demand in the labor market, the use of relevant metrics to assess the development of digital employment in the IT sector, and the adjustment of state employment policy.
The purpose of the study is to critically evaluate and select the main metrics of digital employment in the IT sector, which are available on digital jobhunting and recruitment platforms (job websites).
Objectives of the study:
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1) to conduct a content analysis of supply and demand in the digital segment of the labor market in the IT sector according to job search website; (работный портал)
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2) to identify metrics that characterize the development of digital employment in the IT sector according to the data of job search website;
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3) to identify the gender characteristics and structure of digital employment in the IT sector in the context of federal districts.
The novelty of the study lies in the possibility of using the information base of digital job search and recruitment platforms to assess the scale, gender and territorial specifics of digital employment in the field of information technology.
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