“There are so many ideas that there are not enough hands to implement them”

Last year was one of the most serious tests for the Russian labor market following the COVID-19 pandemic. The launch of a special military operation, the exit of foreign companies and two waves of relocation have created unprecedented uncertainty for both workers and employers. But the Russian labor market went through these difficulties much more easily than expected at the beginning of 2022, Aleksey Zakharov, president of the SuperJob job search and recruitment service, is sure. Mobilization and relocation had practically no effect on the number of employees of large companies – in total, they affected 0.5-1% of their total number of employees, he said in an interview with Vedomosti.