THE IMPACT OF CITY-FORMING ENTERPRISES ON DIVERSIFICATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN A SINGLE-INDUSTRY TOWN
The study presented in this paper is aimed at identifying the role of cityforming enterprises in solving problems of single-industry towns. As empirical data, we used the results of a content analysis of Internet sites of monotowns, an analysis of the comprehensive investment plans, statistical data and social reports of severalcore enterprises. The article shows activities of core enterprises on the territories of their presence aimed at creation of conditions for business development, and creation of new jobs in non-core industries. This allows one to diversify the labour market ofmonocities and to reduce tensions on the labor market. Promising directions, supported by core enterprises, include diversification of their own production, professional orientation of youth, training and retraining of the population, and the development of social entrepreneurship. The study has brought about several models, which promote the comprehensive development of the territories of monotowns. The emphasis of the work is on the need to involve the local community to implement plan s and programs of cityformingenterprises for the development of their territories of presence