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– Фактически Архангельск сейчас играет ос-  resources necessary to meet employers’ staffing needs.
          новную роль в снабжении Арктики. Это обу-       The representatives of schools have noted during
          славливает загрузку сети портов и терминалов.   the roundtable that they would be able to adjust their
          Есть высокий спрос на представителей рабочих   curricula, but the adjustments should be introduced
          профессий, – говорит директор ассоциации по-  upon discussions with employers, including small
          ставщиков нефтегазовой промышленности «Со-   businesses. The local ministry of education is unani-
          звездие»  Сергей  Смирнов.  –  Очень  важно,  что   mous with the vocational school management that the
          образовательные учреждения региона готовы    target enrollment figures could be changed for certain
          гибко и оперативно реагировать на актуальные   majors in response to market needs, if ports and ship
          потребности компаний. Такая кооперация – за-  repair enterprises provide figures of their prospective
          лог успешного развития региональной промыш-  staffing needs.
          ленности.                                       But  how  to  recruit  more  students?  The  answer
                                                       lies in career guidance services. The Regional Career
             In pursuit of the professionals           Guidance Center welcomes the idea to increase coop-
                                                       eration with the potential employers. To inspire inter-
             The roundtable brought together the local indus-  est in working professions in school students, there
          tries and vocational schools and was contributed by   should be joint career guidance programs, industrial
          Arkhangelsk Minister of Education, Oleg Rusinov.   field trips, on-site tours, and openness of information.
          Acting as its moderator was Sergey Smirnov, direc-  New hires can be found also among adults. Gov-
          tor at Sozvezdye Association of Oil and Gas Suppliers.  ernment-funded training and recruitment oppor-
             Manpower shortage is common among ship re-  tunities are available at Arkhangelsk Regional Em-
          pair and maintenance providers. The younger gen-  ployment Center. To be able to benefit from them
          erations seem to be reluctant to pursue blue-collar   consistently, the roundtable has resolved to develop
          jobs. As a result, the average age of manpower rais-  relevant action plan.
          es steadily. Staff shortage is a real obstacle to the in-
          dustrial development and regional economy growth.
          Even though employers offer competitive salaries, the   Судостроительным и
          problem remains: there are too few qualified profes-
          sionals in the labor market as vocational school grad-  машиностроительным
          uates tend to choose jobs other than those they are   предприятиям остро не                      SOZVEZDYE #37
          trained for. This causes the shortage of electric weld-  хватает электросварщиков,
          ers, dock repair fitters, machine operators, and join-
          ers. Stevedores, too, are facing the lack of qualified   докеров-сборщиков,                            развитие
          manpower. The personnel issue has become that bot-  механизаторов, слесарей-                          development
          tleneck that hinders the development of Arkhangelsk   монтажников
          as an industrial and transport hub.
             With this in mind, employers are prepared to in-  This causes the shortage of electric
          vest more in the staff training and recruitment ef-  welders, dock repair fitters,
          forts, while schools promise to provide assistance and
          promptly respond to their needs. The same is true   machine operators, and joiners                                47
          about the area’s vocational training system: it has the
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