SECTORAL AND PROFESSIONAL SHIFTS IN THE LABOR MARKET UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND DIGITALIZATION
Active technological changes caused by digitalization and robotization stimulate the influence of factors that reduce labor intensity and naturally entail the widespread use of "unpopulated" technologies. The purpose of the research is to study the direction and dynamics of sectoral and professional changes in employment in some developed countries and Russia, caused by the processes of robotization and digitalization of the economy. In the process of research, methods of statistical analysis, induction, analogy, comparison, causal approach were used. The positive and negative effects from the expansion of the use of IT technologies and production automation, as well as the disproportionality of professional structural shifts, are highlighted. The negative effects will affect, first of all, traditional employment - in transport, industry, and in the sectors of telecommunications, design and maintenance of robotics, science, education, healthcare, the use of information technology will create new jobs. Taking into account these trends in the labor market, an increase in demand for qualified personnel in the IT sphere with soft skills is expected, including creativity, critical and strategic thinking, the ability to adapt to changes, and communication skills. In general, the digitalization of the economy can contribute to the growth of the norm of free time in society, creating the prerequisites for increasing social welfare and economic development.