The impact of digital transformation on the structure and modernization of labor resources

The relevance of the research is caused by the problem and discussions about information and digital changes that can have negative consequences for the labor market. The article identifies the problem and pays much attention to the impact of digital transformation on the efficiency of investments in labor resources, the cost of organizations, labor productivity and technology. It is known that the digital economy also contributes to the modernization of the industrial structure, achieving economies of scale, increasing efficiency of enterprises and comprehensive competitiveness. The interest is caused by the impact of digital changes in various industries, throughout the economy, updating the skills of labor resources. Based on the analysis, our research emphasizes that the ability of organizations to use digitalization and information technology successfully depends on many complementary labor resources and competencies, employee skills. In other words, the success of digitalization of organization production depends not only on digital assets, but also on the acquisition of relevant knowledge and competencies in the field of digital technologies, digital networks and big data analysis. Although the level of unskilled employment initially falls and remains below the initial level for some time, the long-term effects of digital transformation are positive for both skilled and unskilled workers, and the impact on overall employment is always higher. One of the findings of our research is that with technical improvements that increase the skill level of low-skilled workers, the employment of skilled workers falls and never recovers its initial value. This research continues the theme of the development of the digital economy and the relationship between the use of information and digital technologies in production and labor productivity. It seems promising to develop issues of digital transformation of production, the use of industry 4.0 technologies, taking into account the stability of social employment, government regulation, incentives and environmental agenda.