Transformation of Personnel Training for Rural Economy

Abstract

Currently, a modern young specialist is expected to meet the market forming criteria for the selection in the agricultural labor market and have a risk-oriented thinking. It is necessary to upd ate the structure of the development of an effective mechanism for the training of highly qualified personnel on the basis of specialized universities in the region. The relevance of the topic of the study is explained by the fact that the agricultural labor market is experiencing a shortage of young highly qualified IT specialists in digital agriculture. This article raises the problem of personnel training that meets the modern requirements of dynamically developing agriculture in the conditions of digitalization of the country in the post-pandemic period. The purpose of the study is to analyze the tasks facing an agricultural university in training of young specialists for agriculture as a branch of the digital economy of Russia. The objectives of the article are to develop a model for partnerships and promotion of employment of young specialists in the post-pandemic economy in order to develop optimal variants for covering personnel deficit in the agriculture; to suggest measures on the regulation of the labor market for young specialists. The solution of the tasks se t in the article will allow training highly qualified young specialists with all the necessary competencies and capable of meeting the requirements of the modern agricultural labor market. The article discusses the concepts, the departmental program “Digital Agriculture”, the areas of training and additional training of young specialists in the agriculture. The implementation of modern goals facing agricultural universities will improve the algorithm for training highly qualified young specialists who would be able to meet all the selection criteria in the agricultural labor market.