So, this skill is required in every third vacancy (35%). 

It is noted that it is the most important for employers in Kalmykia and Crimea.

In second place in demand among employers is the ability to use a computer.

According to the study, 32% of all vacancies require being “confident PC users”.

Also, in some regions, the first place in the ranking of required competencies is the ability to sell.

This happens, for example, in Moscow (34%), Kabardino-Balkaria (38%), Dagestan (36%), Krasnodar (34%) and Perm (34%) regions.

But in Russia as a whole, this skill is only in third place (28%), the study says.

In addition, analysts found that only a quarter of Russian employers (25%) value the overall literacy of their employees.

The top 5 most demanded professional skills are closed by the ability to conduct business negotiations (22%).

Most of all it is required in Perm (25%) and Volgograd (22%).

It is noted that more than 10 thousand vacancies in Russian regions were analyzed in April this year.

Earlier it was reported that almost every fourth employed Russian would like to become a director of the company in which he works.