BCS report

Today I read joint report from Boston Consulting Group, Sberbank and Worldskills with a inspiration title “Russia 2025: from staff to talent”.

Brief/digest:

  1. More than 80% of Russia's able-bodied population do not have a skills and competencies to work in modern markets.
  2. 17% of the population are engaged in highly skilled work (1.5 times lower than in Japan or the USA, 1.7 times less than in Germany, twice lower than Singapore and 2.6 times higher in the UK)
  3. 35% of the population are employed in low-skilled jobs
  4. Most often, Russian citizens work as drivers (7.1%), sellers (6.8%) and security guards (1.9%)
  5. 91% of Russian employers believe that graduates lack practical skills
  6. The difference in pay for a driver and a doctor in Russia is 20% (in Germany - 174%, in the USA - 261%, in Brazil - 172%).
  7. More than 30% of the population work in state sector
  8. The number of officials increased from 2.4 million in 1995 to 5.3 million in 2015
  9. In small business, 15% of the population is employed (40% in India, 52% in Brazil, 63% in Germany and 80% in China)
  10. According to the criterion of attractiveness for talents, Russia occupies the 107th place out of 118
  11. The values ​​of growth in the Russian Federation are shared by only 2% of the population against 24% in Western Europe and 32% in the US
  12. 98% of the population prefer stability, not growth opportunities
  13. The share of technologically innovative companies in the country is less than 1%, and they do not influence a labor market
  14. There are only 1 industrial robot per 10,000 workers against 531 in South Korea, 176 in the USA and 49 in China.

This is where we live.

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