Over 3.2 thousand more vacancies are planned to be created in the Tver Region in the next two years.

The labor market situation in the Upper Volga region became the main issue on the agenda of the regional government meeting. The participants touched upon a whole range of measures: from the reorganization of the employment service to investor support, from further regulation of migrant labor to the development of a system of vocational and additional education. All this works for the implementation of the national project "Labor Productivity and employment support". In other words, for employment and salaries of residents of the Upper Volga region, for the opportunity to earn money without leaving for Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Vacancy at home

The outflow of the able-bodied population to the capitals has always been a problem for our territory. It is important to create conditions that will allow our employers to compete with Moscow employers in terms of attracting staff.

Therefore, a preferential treatment regime is needed for enterprises operating in the most promising field for the Upper Volga region. This includes woodworking, light industry, innovation, agriculture, and tourism. On the other hand, there is staff training for specific economic tasks in the region, and priority training in those specialties that are required in local industries. And finally, the formation of a unified system that will "connect" the company, the applicant, the educational institution and the employment service.

By the way, Governor Igor Rudenya emphasized this when talking to the press. He stressed: it is important that the employment service ensures the employment of graduates of educational institutions of the Tver region in the region, is integrated into the modernization of vocational education, the formation of training figures in accordance with the needs of enterprises.

And, of course, she kept up with the times. Today, there are a lot of online resources where employees and employers find each other, as well as recruiting agencies. It is important to use this potential. This will provide greater efficiency and an opportunity to more fully analyze the situation on the labor market.

You work hard and hire people.  

More recently, the regional government has considered draft laws on benefits for enterprises registered in the region and engaged in such priority activities for our territory as forestry, manufacturing, hospitality, and water transport services. And also for innovation and industrial parks. And in 2020, such type of support as "Industrial mortgage" is being introduced in the region. These are the newest, but by no means the only ways to stimulate the development of industry.

The regional government knows how to attract money to the region. That's a fact. For the repair of roads, for gasification, for the modernization of power grids, for equipping schools and colleges. On the one hand, these are social needs. On the other hand, there are factors that play into the hands of potential investors and contribute to the development of production.

 This is the basis for the region's investment strategy until 2026. It has already borne the first fruits: in September, we entered the TOP 10 of Russia in terms of investment activity (6th place). And in the Central Federal District they took the second place, having risen by 6 points since the beginning of the year (and by 13 in the national rating, respectively).

But specific events paint a brighter and more substantive picture of the development of the Upper Volga region's economy than the ratings. The opening of the hot-dip galvanizing workshop of the Russian–Italian company "DKS" in Tver - more than 50 jobs. The agreement provides for the construction of high-tech dairy farms and a milk processing plant in Kashinsky city district – 700 jobs. The construction of a breeding and genetic center and pig breeding complexes in the Bezhetsky and Sonkovsky districts, which the Coral company is starting, will create 790 new jobs. The first investment project under an agreement with the Fund for the Development of Single-industry towns (an innovative greenhouse complex in Kuvshinovo) will create 250 jobs. And this is just the latest news.

Since 2016, over 7,000 new jobs have been created in the Tver Region in the off–budget sector, including more than 4,000 in 2018-2019. And it is also worth considering the strict policy in the field of attracting migrant labor. Thanks to the fight against illegal migration, an increase in the cost of a patent for foreign citizens and vigilant monitoring of the situation on the labor market, about 9,000 jobs previously occupied by migrant workers were freed up for our countrymen.

In total, this is enough to employ the population of the whole Kashin. Or the three Red Hills.

So, there is a job, vacancies are appearing steadily. And we need people who will occupy them. But this is one of the priorities: education, the future of our children.

The pros can be seen from behind the desk

Work continues on the formation of educational clusters in the Tver Region. And a good base has already been created for this. The interaction of production and education is a requirement dictated by life itself.

This is the goal of the Worldskills professional skills competitions, in which the region participates regularly. And case championships, which are becoming a tradition in Tver universities.

No matter what universities are doing, engineering cases are already being solved by schoolchildren in the Quantorium. By the way, this project is developing very rapidly. Grants for the creation of mini-Quantories were distributed to five schools in the Upper Volga region, and now it has been decided to increase funding for these purposes.

Those who did not receive grants will also not stay away from the exact sciences. After all, there is an educational project in the region called "We were invited to the Quantorium." 200 schoolchildren from different districts of the Upper Volga region visit this technopark every week, transportation and meals for children are provided from the regional budget. A total of 3,000 children will attend classes at the Quantorium during the year. And surely such a project is simply doomed to continue!

And in November, within the framework of the federal project of additional education "Campus of Youth Innovations", the international shift "Academy of Incredible Mechanisms" will start, also aimed at supporting children's engineering creativity and interest in exact sciences. The shift participants will master advanced areas of discrete mathematics, computer science, and digital technologies.

Not to look for a job, but to choose a profession

As you can see, engineers and computer scientists are especially in demand in the Tver region. As well as doctors. Construction workers are also leading the list of the most necessary professions: plasterers, concrete workers, finishers.

And the education system is responding vividly to the needs of the market. So, the wagon factory needed welders who are able to work with innovative technologies, and the polytechnic opened a corresponding specialty (yes, nowadays they teach the wisdom of high–precision welding at the university). An IT forum was held in Tver, where the need for personnel for this area was identified, and now there is a substantive discussion about the creation of an IT college.

In short, the dialogue between the real sector of the economy and the education system, with the support of the government, is already evident. This means that any day now, young people will not be looking for a job, but will choose a profession. As, in fact, it should be.

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