PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE UNEMPLOYED IN THE SYSTEM OF STATE POLICY MEASURES
The paper states that vocational training of unemployed is a major priority of the active state policy in the labor market and employment sphere. Being a form of accelerated acquisition of certain skills, vocational training of unemployed is short term in nature, it includes vocational training, retraining, skills development, apprenticeship. It is noted that the costs of the support for the unemployed are a form of investment in human capital and public funds for conducting an active employment policy including vocational training give significant economic effect. It is noted that investing in any form of professional development is of great social value, since it increases competitiveness of the unemployed in the labor market, motivation of employees and minimizes staff turnover. The authors state that such public policy can be conducted at the regional level through the implementation of certain programs. The paper stresses that improving the quality of education and training, timely retraining are the essential elements of a new model of protection against unemployment.