State policy of Russia to promote youth employment under the modern challenges

   Objective: to systematize and develop ideas about the improvement of the Russian state policy to promote youth employment.

   Methods: the work is based on the analysis of literature and normative-legal documents using general scientific methods of cognition.

   Results: the paper reveals the legal bases for the activities of Russian authorities in the field of promoting youth employment and developing labor market. It is shown that, despite the variety of measures, young people still face serious barriers to successful career starting and stable employment in general. The analysis summarizes the priority areas of action to overcome the most pressing problems, including: loose regulation of the status of a young specialist; limited statistics; low awareness of young people about the situation on the labor market; mismatch between the personnel produced and the current needs of the economy, etc. The conclusion emphasizes the importance to summarizing the accumulated experience and practical application of the most beneficial solutions, taking into account the specifics of the Russian labor market.

   Scientific novelty: the conducted research contributes to the development of theoretical and practical issues of promoting youth employment, including the deepening of ideas about the main barriers to stable employment and measures to overcome them.

   Practical significance: the study results can be used, first of all, in the practice of public administration at any level to improve the policy to promote youth employment.

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