Perepechay Peter E.

The article is devoted to the study of social ideas of youth of the Khabarovsk territory about the prestige of professions as an integral status construction set. Based on a mass survey, the key determinants of prestige (economic expectations, public recognition, career prospects, working conditions, symbolic capital) are reconstructed, their relationships with the criteria of «good workplace,» educational trajectories and migration intentions are analyzed. Territorial specifi of prestigious hierarchies in the urban, regional and rural environment and its correlation with the peculiarities of the regional labor market are considered. In conclusion, directions for improving the career guidance and information infrastructure, mechanisms for coordinating educational choice for young people with the economy needs, as well as the social regulation measures aimed at reducing imbalances and strengthening the potential for securing young professionals in the region are offered.

The article examines the socio-professional stratifi of the regional labor market using the case of the Khabarovsk Territory. It analyzes objective statistical indicators determining wage levels, professional demand, educational requirements for employees, and workforce availability within various economic sectors. The study aims at identifying and analyzing factors infl the formation of the socio-professional structure of the regional labor market and developing recommendations aimed at mitigating identifi imbalances. Based on the fi of a sociological study, the authors analyze how the phenomenon of occupational prestige affects youth life strategies, social mobility, and migration intentions, thus shaping socio-professional differentiation in the region. The article considers social and economic aspects that infl young people’s occupational choices, as well as explores the causes behind existing workforce shortages in key sectors of the economy and social services in the Khabarovsk Territory. The paper concludes with practical recommendations for improving vocational guidance systems and enhancing social regulation of occupational choice among youth, taking into account socio-professional differentiation in the regional labor market.

This scientific article studies professional stratification as a social phenomenon in the regional labor market of the Khabarovsk Territory. The author analyzes social stratification, determines its main characteristics and influence on the professional opportunities and prospects of workers in the region. The study is based on a comprehensive data analysis that includes surveys, statistics and economic indicators.The author analyzes various aspects of professional stratification such as the level of education, work experience, professional skills and qualifications, as well as social status and income. He explores the differences in access to high-paying and prestigious jobs, as well as the factors that influence the vertical and horizontal mobility of workers. The author identifies the main trends and patterns of professional stratification in the regional labor market of the Khabarovsk Territory as the result of the study. Recommendations to reduce inequality in access to professional opportunities and improvement in the situation on the labor market in the region are also offered. This article provides valuable information for researchers, practitioners and decision makers in the field of labor relations and social policy.

This article presents the main methodological approaches to the analysis of the prestige of professions, as one of the criteria for social stratifi of the society and its professional differentiation. Based on methodology of the stratifi measurement and the results of empirical sociological studies of schoolchildren of the 8-11 grades of the Khabarovsk territory, their collective ideas about phenomenon of the prestige of professions, its conditionality by the objective conditions of the labor market and its infl on professions are analyzed. There are also the analyzed subjective opinions, value orientations and motives for choosing prestigious profession, the role of wages, parents, teachers, the media and the Internet, the intentions of obtaining specialties in organizations of the secondary and higher education in the region and beyond. The ideas of school students about the prestige of professions and their relationship with the economic and social processes in modern Russia are outlined. Conclusions are drawn on changing the process of vocational guidance in the direction of creating the conditions for students to make a conscious choice of specialties (professions) based on their personal interests in particular professions.

The article presents the main methodological approaches and results of empirical sociological studies of one of the significant phenomena of social consciousness, the prestige of professions. Based on the methodology of its stratification measurement, the subjective ideas of the 8th-11th grade students in the Khabarovsk Territory are analyzed according to their motives for choosing a prestigious profession, the role of parents, teachers and other representatives of vocational guidance, as well as the prestige of secondary and higher education organizations in the region, their correlation with indicators of the labor market and specialties (professions) of graduates of educational organizations of different levels. The ideas of school students about the prestige of professions and the relationship with the process of educational migration of graduates from the territory of the region to the central regions of the country are indicated, which increase the shortage of specialists and skilled workers and reduce the professional and intellectual potential of the regional labor market. Scientific and practical recommendations are proposed for conceptualizing of the process of professional orientation towards students' conscious choice of specialties (professions) and the formation of their images and meanings, reflecting not only their personal, but also social needs for the development of their territories of residence. The basis for the implementation of the proposed approaches can be a sociological analysis of socio-professional stratification and the needs of the regional labor market in specialties (professions) that ensure the prestige of professional activity in the Khabarovsk Territory.