Gender Specifics in the Field of Talent Employment

In recent years, a series of global crises have had negative consequences in the form of restrictions on the movement of labor, with a significant impact on labor markets and the growth of various forms of inequality. At the same time, digital technologies have transformed the world of work, initiating both opportunities and risks for gender equality. In no small part, this has affected highly skilled professionals in the fields of science, engineering, high technology and math-talent. The gender imbalance in this segment of the global labor market is clearly visible in most countries of the world and reduces their ability to achieve the key UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Vertical and horizontal discrimination in the labor sphere, and especially in sectors requiring knowledge, skills and competencies in science and technology, along with gender stereotypes inherent to varying degrees in different countries and peoples, significantly reduce women's prospects for developing and applying their abilities and unlocking their professional potential. The object of this study gender inequality in the highly qualified segment of the labor market. The relevance of the topic and the novelty of the problems under consideration are due to the fact that the competitiveness and prosperity of our country, as well as other states in the era of digitalization, depends on the quality of human capital of the workforce to a greater extent than on other factors of production. The article, which aims to analyze the global talent landscape in terms of gender equality, as well as the situation in this area in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, considers gender-sensitive indicators of talent competitiveness developed and calculated by a number of international financial organizations, as well as specialized UN agencies on labor, education, science and culture. General trends and differences inherent in leaders and outsiders in this area, as well as in the countries of the EEU, were identified. Based on the analysis, conclusions were drawn that gender imbalance in high-tech industries can slow down the formation of a digital society, as well as the importance of creating gender-equal conditions for attracting, retaining talent, developing professional and technical competencies and global knowledge skills. The latter is necessary to overcome current and future risks of global socio-political development.

gender equality, talent, labor market, talent competitiveness index, skilled workforce, STEM occupations, artificial intelligence, Eurasian Economic Union