Regional Experience in Solving Personnel Problems in the Sphere of Trade (the Second Half of the 1960s. - the Beginning of the 1970s.)
Relevance. The article considers the experience of solving the personnel issue at the enterprises of the Soviet trade as one of the key elements that contributed to stable social development and high-quality functioning of the system of providing the country's population with everyday items that meet the needs of life. The article contains an analysis of the historical conditions for the transformation of professional characteristics of the personnel of trade organizations in the Kursk region in the second half of the 60s-early 70s of the twentieth century. The purpose the aim of the research is to generalize the regional experience of solving personnel problems in the sphere of trade services for the population of the Kursk region. The aim research - to study the features in the training of qualified trade personnel on the example of the Kursk region. Methodology. When working with scientific sources and their generalization, historical-genetic, comparative-historical, and problem-chronological methods were used. The author also used the method of retrospective analysis. The choice of the statistical method allowed us to study the dynamics of the effectiveness of personnel policy in the Kursk region. Results. In the process of studying various sources, the study proved the fact that purposeful work to improve the human resources of trade enterprises had a significant impact on the quality of service to the population of the region. Conclusions. In the course of studying various sources, the author came to the conclusion that the contradictory state of the personnel structure of Soviet trade institutions was corrected through the implementation of specific organizational measures aimed at improving the skills of specialists with secondary special education and obtaining higher education by employees, strengthening labor discipline and tightening administrative responsibility, which ultimately allowed to improve the culture of trade services to the population. This fact can contribute to the formation of ideas for improving modern commercial services for citizens.