TOP-50 Professions in Demand Requiring a Secondary Vocational Education: Experience of Application and Approaches to Update

In the face of intense technological changes, the issues of highlighting the most sought after professions, including workers and mid-level professionals, to determine priorities in vocational education are particularly relevant. The article presents the results of a study dedicated to the experience of using the list of 50 professions most in demand in the labor market requiring secondary vocational education (hereinafter the list of top 50) in the regions. It has been established that most often in the regions the list of top 50 is used to determine the professions for the implementation of vocational education and training, the formation of control figures for admission to professional educational organizations and to determine the directions for the development of vocational education in the region. The top 50 list is the basis for the formation of regional lists of the most in-demand professions (top-region) that meet the needs of regional labor markets. This determines the need for regular (once every three years) updating of these lists. Based on the results of the study, proposals were formed on the formation of lists of demanded professions, which were taken into account when preparing an updated list of the top 50.