EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER IN REMOVING IMBALANCES IN THE REGIONAL LABOR MARKET

Abstract

Basically, imbalances in the modern labor market arise due to a substantial excess of labor supply over demand, which generates a number of problems that negatively affect the level of socio-economic development of the country and individual regions. The purpose of the study is to analyze and assess the disparities in the labor market on the example of a separate region – the Volyn region.

By most indicators there is a deterioration of the work of the regional employment center in the direction of ensuring the effectiveness of facilitating job placement of the unemployed. It can be stated that the employment service as a whole is taking sufficient measures to employ persons who have additional guarantees of social protection. Among the positive results, employment growth can be highlighted from 34.1% in 2013 to 35.7% in 2017. At the same time, there was a decrease in the effectiveness of active employment promotion measures.

During the last 8 years there has been a gradual decrease in the number of unemployed people who participated in public works (from 11.0 thousand people in 2010 to 7.3 thousand people in 2017, or 33.9%), and the number of unemployed The population of vocational education (from 5,4 thousand people to 3,7 thousand people, or almost 2 times), indicating a reduction in the scope of active measures to promote employment in the Volyn region, as well as the need to intensify work in this direction from attracting additional financial resources from the Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment. Significant fluctuations in the level of employment of the unemployed are associated with the peculiarities of the development of the labor markets of individual cities or regions that are sensitive to changes in the economic situation of certain enterprises or organizations, especially during the period of economic crisis and financial instability, which is characterized by a decrease in the demand for labor. In order to balance supply and demand in the labor market at the regional level, it is necessary to introduce the practice of forming a strategy for balancing supply and demand in the regional labor market, which should aim at eliminating imbalances between the interests of individual parties in social and labor relations. The paper proposes the procedure for elaboration and implementation of the strategy of balancing supply and demand in the regional labor market and the role in this process of the Territorial Tripartite Social and Economic Council. The organizational and managerial support of the activity of the Territorial Tripartite Social-Economic Council will be carried out by the Chairman of the Regional Council and the Chairman of the Regional State Administration. Regulatory and legal support of the activity of this structure will be carried out by the Volyn Regional Council. For its part, the tripartite council will provide the highest state authorities with information on the state of implementation of the strategy for balancing supply and demand in the labor market and proposals for improving the system of regulatory and organizational and managerial support in the field of social dialogue.