РОЛЬ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ СЛУЖБИ ЗАЙНЯТОСТІ У РЕГУЛЮВАННІ РИНКУ ПРАЦІ ХАРКІВСЬКОГО РЕГІОНУ

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical generalization and systematization of problematic features of the current state of functioning and formation of high-quality and effective employment management system, which should be adequate to modern challenges and become the basis of socially oriented market economy for productive forces of Ukraine and its regions. It is proved that the complex socio-economic situation in Ukraine requires the latest, unconventional approaches to solving this scientific problem, taking into account the peculiarities of the market economy, complicated by the pandemic, the specifics of socio-demographic processes and available financial and economic resources of businesses at all levels.The main indicators of the methodology for the sample survey of the population (households) on economic activity of the population, which is approved at the national level. The main differences from the previous approach, which has been used since the beginning of the country's independence, have been identified. The current state of unemployment, employment and existing vacancies in the Kharkiv region and the dynamics of the number of unemployed by gender are studied. An assessment of the TOP-10 occupations for which the number of unemployed is the highest and an analysis of the performance of the employment service of Kharkiv region in January - July 2020-2021. indicating non-compliance with the conditions. The dynamics of changes in the professional context of the number of vacancies offered for employment in the Kharkiv region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic was studied. Based on the study of the current state of the public employment service, the main «bottlenecks» of its operation in a pandemic. The existing problems of increasing the role of the state employment service in the regulation of the labor market and substantiation of the methodology for determining the level of employment are highlighted. The priority directions of strengthening and development of the role of the state employment service in the regulation of the labor market in a market economy complicated by the pandemic, the specifics of socio-demographic processes and the existing deficit of financial and economic resources of economic entities are proposed.