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Looking for specialists in import substitution and work with parallel imports

Since the imposition of sanctions against Russia in February 2022, has increased the number of vacancies on the HeadHunter platform that mention import substitution . In March, there were three times more such offers compared to March last year. In the electronics industry, the number of vacancies with the word "import substitution" more than quadrupled (from 7 to 31), and in the oil and gas industry - almost eight times (from 4 to 31). Companies involved in construction and real estate mentioned the word in 17 ads this year, although in March last year they did not publish any jobs related to import substitution. Some materials, equipment and software for construction were supplied from Europe, now Russian analogues are being developed instead.

Most ads with the word "import substitution" - 158 - were placed by IT companies in March of this year.

In July, import substitution was mentioned in almost 600 vacancies on HeadHunter, almost 300 of them were opened in the last week. are looking for specialists for import substitution projects Nornickel , Rostelecom Information Technologies , the Tupolev design bureau and the Uraltransmash plant , which produces military equipment, . They need engineers and developers of system infrastructure - for example, for backup and data storage.

also appeared At the end of June , the first job offers with parallel imports - more than a dozen vacancies were open on the site , mainly for purchasing managers and logisticians.

Rumors about mobilization in May were not confirmed, but the demand for military registration specialists does not decrease

At the end of April, there was a rumor about imminent mobilization, and state structures began to look for specialists in mobilization training. Among their duties, they indicated not only the maintenance of military records, but also the organization of reservations - that is, the release of employees from military service. Such announcements on HeadHunter were placed by the Department of Internal Affairs for the North-Western District of Moscow, the Kirov Tire Plant, the Federal Tax Service of the Novosibirsk Region, the Infectious Clinical Hospital named after. E.N. Pavlovsky in Belgorod, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky International Airport. Some private companies were also looking for mobilization specialists, such as the Sportmaster store and Global Truck Service, which repairs and maintains trucks.

According to the BBC Russian Service, by mid-May, had been published 700 proposals for military registration specialists on HeadHunter. Since then, the demand hasn’t decreased – the platform gives more than 750 vacancies for the request “military registration specialist”, about half of which were opened in the past week. Government agencies and private companies still require job seekers to make reservations - for example, Rostelecom , children's hospitals in Yekaterinburg, the YADRO group of Russian technology companies , Nizhny Novgorod's Pushkinskoye Breeding Plant , which is engaged in animal husbandry, are looking for such employees.

Companies want more employees who speak Chinese

More and more Russian companies are trying to reorient themselves to the Chinese market due to international sanctions. According to HeadHunter, in April 2022, the number of vacancies for Chinese-speaking employees almost doubled compared to April last year - 1072 versus 597. And from May 1 to May 17, the number of such offers was already four times more than in those the same dates as 2021.

the query "knowledge of Chinese" HeadHunter returns more than 1,000 jobs posted in the last month for , with more than 500 of them open in the past week. Most often, employers are looking for logisticians, purchasing managers and foreign economic activity.