The research service of hh.ru, the largest Russian online platform for finding jobs and employees, surveyed working residents of the North Caucasus Federal District and found out how they evaluate the outgoing year in terms of work and career.

A third of working residents of the North Caucasus (29%) said that for them, in 2022, career development and employment were no different from 2021. Others felt the change in one way or another. 12% of working residents of the North Caucasus Federal District believe that in terms of career and work, 2022 was better than 2020 and 2021. Most often, such an assessment was given by representatives of the tourism and catering sectors, builders, and procurement employees. Another 12% of respondents in the region believe that 2022 was better for their careers than 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic broke out worldwide and a lockdown was introduced, but worse than 2021. More often than others, representatives of the arts and media, working staff, and HR specialists think so.

At the same time, 45% of working residents of the North Caucasian Federal District found it difficult to give an unambiguous assessment of the outgoing year in terms of career development. In Russia as a whole, this option was chosen by 48% of respondents. 38% of working residents of the North Caucasus are quite optimistic and give a positive outlook for their situation in the labor market in 2023: 4% of them are highly optimistic about their work prospects in the coming year, 18% are "rather positive," another 16% believe that their position in terms of work and career will be stable - it will not worsen, but it will not improve either. 49% hold pessimistic views and negatively assess their career prospects for 2023 (in Russia as a whole - 52%). The rest hesitated to answer.

In the professional context, positive views on careers in 2023 are most often held by security, manufacturing, and agricultural employees and HR specialists. Negative sentiment is prevalent among those in the arts and media, science, and education, as well as senior management and marketers.