Problems and prospects research for human resource development for fuel and energy complex of Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the current state of energy enterprises staffing, the problems of qualified specialists’ critical outflow and the personnel "ageing" of the fuel and energy complex. It has been analyzed trends in the number of highly skilled workers in the fuel and energy complex in recent years. The European experience of preventing the specialists’ shortage and the of highquality training system in the field of the fuel and energy complex has been characterized. The main reasons for the unpopularity of this industry for young people have been elucidated and the main methods of dealing with this problem of Ukrainian and foreign enterprises have been investigated. The main ways of combating personnel "starvation" and directions for their improvement, at the country level, the prestige of scientific work in the sectors of the fuel and energy complex have been proposed.