The Role of Large Industrial Companies in Staffing the Regional Economy

Russia is experiencing an acute staffing crisis, which is particularly evident in the shortage of industrial workers among skilled workers. Large industrial companies play a key role in shaping the human resources potential of the regions, being drivers of economic development. The article structures the methods of attracting labor resources by enterprises based on the search source into internal and external ones. The results of the study show that effective staffing requires an integrated approach, including not only the choice of methods of attracting labor resources that are adequate to the needs of the labor market, but also detailed measures to create conditions for the professional growth of specialists at the enterprise and, importantly, conditions for improving the quality of life and consolidating the population in the territory. The article systematizes the experience of the largest industrial companies in Russia in attracting, retaining and consolidating the workforce in the territory of their presence. A study of the cases of large industrial companies and their policy on staffing the economy of the territories of their presence has shown that companies combine social, educational and financial tools to close the personnel gap. The participation of large industrial companies in the formation of the human resources potential of the regions significantly affects the employment and income of the population in the regions of their presence.