Introduction. To address the shortage of qualified personnel in the sectors of the economy the national project “Personnel” will start on January 1, 2025. The federal projects that it encompasses are aimed at implementing such tasks as effective employment of graduates of educational organisations, transformation of approaches to the professional development of working citizens, assistance in retraining and advanced training, and many others. The increasing role of additional vocational education is also due to the discrepancy between vocational education and the needs of the labor market noted by employers and, as a consequence, the need to improve personnel qualifications. Thus, one of the significant issues of personnel policy is assessing the need for additional training of young specialists in the initial period of their working career.
Aim. Analysis of Russian experience in assessing the redundancy/insufficiency of qualifications of young specialists to determine the future need for the content of additional professional programs and forms of training that can accelerate adaptation to the requirements of employers.
Methods. Review of publications covering the approaches of Russian researchers of the education system and labour market to assessing the redundancy/insufficient qualifications of young specialists.
Results. The review of publications shows the diversity in Russian practice of approaches to assessing the redundancy/insufficient qualifications of young specialists. Determining the long-term need for the content of additional professional programmes and forms of training in order to accelerate the adaptation of young specialists to the requirements of employers remains an urgent research problem.
Practical significance. The results of the study can be used by specialists in the field of education management, employers, heads of educational organisations, representatives of the expert community to implement the main directions of personnel policy aimed at increasing the efficiency of personnel training, identifying and developing the resource potential of young specialists.