Rynochnye reformy v Rossii obernulis" znachitel"nymi poteryami kadrovogo potentsiala. Segodnya nablyudaetsya defitsit kvalifitsirovannykh kadrov, snizhenie urovnya podgotovki spetsialistov i kachestva truda. V rabote pokazano, kak teryali kadry predpriyatiya oboronno-promyshlennogo kompleksa, kakie strategii adaptatsii vybirali teryavshie rabotu vysokokvalifitsirovannye spetsialisty. Analiziruetsya situatsiya v sisteme obrazovaniya – kak nedofinansirovanie, defitsit pedagogicheskikh kadrov, imushchestvennoe rassloenie i polozhenie uchiteley v obshchestve, padenie prestizha professii uchitelya, snizhenie kachestva obrazovaniya vliyayut na formirovanie intellektual"no-professional"nogo urovnya spetsialistov. Kadrovyy potentsial – molodyezh". Proanalizirovano, pod vliyaniem kakikh faktorov proiskhodit professional"noe samoopredelenie molodyezhi i vybor professii, trudnosti vybora, kak trudovye orientatsii i ustanovki mogut skazat"sya na kachestve raboty molodogo spetsialista, kak vzaimodeystvuyut rynok truda i rynok obrazovatel"nykh uslug. Kniga adresuetsya sotsial"nym spetsialistam raznogo profilya: sotsiologam, ekonomistam, pedagogam, litsam, prinimayushchim upravlencheskie resheniya, studentam, shirokoy obshchestvennosti.