Strategies of university graduates from Altai Krai in the labor market.

The article examines the main behavior strategies of university graduates from the Altai Krai in the labor market. It identifies the key characteristics of these strategies, exploring the essence and feasibility of applying various behavior strategies in the contemporary labor market. The data obtained during the sociological research enabled a description of both objective and subjective components of the behavior strategies of university graduates in the Altai Krai labor market. It was determined that each graduate’s behavior strategy in the labor market has its own motivational and situational determinants, which influence its selection by modern graduates. As a result, the effectiveness of applying a particular strategy varies in each case. The methodology of this work is based on a combination of systemic activity approach and structural functionalism. The study of the primary behavior strategies of university graduates in the Altai Krai labor market utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods of sociological research. The qualitative method included two focus groups, each with 8 graduates from universities in the Altai Krai, totaling 16 respondents across both focus groups. The quantitative method was represented by a survey of university graduates from the Altai Krai with a sample size of n=267. The empirical data obtained formed the basis for the description and comprehensive characterization of the behavior strategies of graduates. Moreover, the data allow for the characterization of the challenges faced by graduates when choosing a behavior strategy in the labor market. Identifying these difficulties provides a fertile ground for developing practice-oriented recommendations aimed at improving behavior strategies in the labor market, as well as simplifying the process of forming a behavior strategy in this context. The author concludes that there are four main behavior strategies for university graduates: waiting strategy, active strategy related to their specialty, active strategy unrelated to their specialty, and migration strategy. Further research in this area will enable a deeper exploration of existing behavior strategies of university graduates in the labor market, as well as the creation of a universal methodology for studying the behavior strategies of university graduates in the labor market.