Research: office specialists lack vacancies, and production and trade lack people. The study attributes the growing stream of refusals to a distorted labor market: against the backdrop of high capital costs, import substitution and rapid industrial growth, demand in the economy adjusted faster than hiring practices. The economy has adapted faster than education, career patterns and hiring practices - hence shortages in some sectors and surpluses in others. Among the popular office areas, there is an imbalance between vacancies and candidates: IT accounts for 12% of vacancies and 20% of resumes, marketing, advertising and public relations - 7% of vacancies and 13% of candidates from the entire market. The picture is the opposite for blue-collar workers: 12% of the current vacancies and 10% of the CVs in the database. At the same time, the average age of workers is increasing: in 2017 there were about 43.4 million 20-39 year olds, 37.7 million in 2024, and about 32.5 million will remain until 2030. Together with the structural imbalance, this means that the shortage of specialists will become even more pronounced in the coming years.