Introduction. Continuing education is considered in the authorsʼ interpretation as a system that includes the requirements of the external environment, personal factors of learning motivation, learning outcomes and possibilities of their application by individuals in order to maintain their professional status and expand the opportunities for enhancing competitiveness in the labor market. Despite the existence of studies on this issue, the influence of further education on the competitiveness of specialists in todayʼs constantly changing socioeconomic conditions remains relevant. The aim of the study is to substantiate the role of additional education in the professional development of specialists and increase their competitiveness in the labor market. Materials and Methods. Statistical data on continuous education, educational activities for vocational programs in Russia were used; secondary analysis of sociological research data was carried out; data of the authorʼs sociological research conducted among unemployed youth (2018), students studying in supplementary vocational education programs (2021), teachers of Penza State University (2021) are presented. Results. The authorsʼ structural model, reflecting continuing education from the position of an individual as a condition for increasing competitiveness in the labor market, is offered. The main indicators of supplementary education system in Russia are presented. The authorsʼ research has provided new data on the features of training, motives, goals and prospects of changes in professional sphere in the cross-section of different professional and age groups; the influence of additional education on competence changes after training has been revealed; it has been determined that it contributes to competitiveness improvement in the labor market, but is not the only factor determining it. The research supports the conclusion that continuing professional education allows individuals to maintain their professional status and acts as one of the factors that ensures the competitiveness of individuals on the labor market through obtaining new and furthering the existing knowledge, skills, and abilities. Discussion and Conclusion. The study of continuing education as a factor contributing to the competitiveness of specialists in the labor market provides important empirical results in order to adapt the system of supplementary education to the goals of the modern labor market. The materials of the article can be used by educational institutions for organizing an effective system of continuing education.
The problem of value orientations of the younger generation, including family values, attracts considerable attention of researchers, since they form the core of values of young people, occupying leading positions in the structure of basic value orientations. A certain type of relationship and upbringing is built within the family circle where traditions and life experience are passed on. The study of family values of young people seems to be an urgent task in the context of ongoing socio-economic and political changes in Russian society and the transformation of family values of contemporary youth. The article, on basis of the results of the author's sociological research (2018–2019, 2020, 2020, 2023), reveals the dynamics of basic family values among the youth of Russian regions and considers family traditions, attitudes to marriage, the birth of children and the motives for creating a family. The research materials indicate the importance of the family in the structure of the basic values of young respondents. Despite the fears of a crisis of marriage and family, expressed in the absence of the need for official registration of relations, postponement of the appearance of the firstborn, changing the traditions of the family from basic to modern ones, the respondents still demonstrate a desire to formalize the relationship in future and aim having the firstborn. At the same time, young respondents are primarily looking for emotional connection, comfort, support and love in their future life partner. Young people plan to achieve financial stability and be confident in the future before becoming parents. The current socio-economic state of Russian society needs to preserve the institution of family and marriage with traditional family values.
The problem of educational potential and work potential is multifaceted. First, it is necessary to increase their rational use for sustainable development of the country. Secondly, the value components of educational potential and work potential of young people are unstable and contradictory. This fact leads to socio-cultural features and has an impact on the level of development of the social potential of modern youth. This work addresses the status roles of the unemployed, types of their employment behaviour, attitudes to education, training, retraining, self-development of unemployed youth as a specific social group. The features of value components of educational potential and work potential of the Russian unemployed youth in modern conditions are analyzed based on authors' research. The article analyzes the possibility of using various systems and technologies of training, including traditional, electronic, distance; it also reveals modern methods and techniques of training and offers a model of distance learning for young unemployed.
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