Infrastructure of Labour Market of Academic Personnel

For decades scientific industry of Russia has been facing a serious problem dealing with personnel attraction to the academic sphere and stimulation of their work activities. Today we can observe a decline in the number of scientific workers in the Russian Federation, a rise in the average age of scientists in organizations and a growth in work load due to the high level of combination of several positions. This situation was caused by a number of objective and subjective reasons. According to the author, the problem of scientists’ remuneration is one of the most important factors that affected the situation. The system of providing incentives to academic employees in Russia should be revised and upgraded. The goal of the research is to elaborate methods aimed at developing the system of stimulation of scientist work. The author gave a definition of infrastructure of labour market of academic personnel in Russia, analyzed its components, including sales and finance markets. The article studies key types of buyers of research on sales market and shows specific features of employment of scientists. The service ‘Scientists – Researchers’ was also discussed. Components of infrastructure of labour market of academic personnel were analyzed.