“VK Jobs”: Krasnodar and Sochi turned out to be the most desirable cities for moving for work
Russians talked about which cities they would like to move to work. The corresponding research was carried out by the Odnoklassniki social network together with the VK Rabota service and the ResearchMe research center; its results were received by Lenta.ru.
According to the survey, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar and Vladivostok. Among the advantages of these cities, respondents named the standard of living (35 percent), wages (32), climate (30), the availability of jobs (27) and the ability to build a faster career (17).
According to VK Rabota, the highest salary in these cities among blue-collar occupations is offered to a bulldozer operator, a tiler and a specialist in working with trading floors. For example, when moving to Vladivostok, you can get a job as a bulldozer operator (average salary – 139.5 thousand rubles), a tiler (119 thousand) and a sailor (100 thousand). In Krasnodar, trading floor specialists can receive about 120 thousand rubles, and driller's assistants – 107 thousand. In St. Petersburg, the head of logistics earns an average of 110 thousand rubles.
It also became known that 56 percent of the survey participants do not think about moving at the moment, just over a quarter want to change the city, and 18 percent are still at a loss to answer. At the same time, if the respondents had the opportunity to work remotely, then 63 percent of them would prefer to stay in their city, and only 21 percent would still leave.
Finally, when asked what are the main difficulties respondents agree to overcome when moving to another city for the sake of work, they note that they are ready for long separation from loved ones (36 percent), that they will have to rent a house (36), that they will only be able to apply for a low position (22) and will have to save a lot the first time (35). Also, 17 percent noted that they are even ready to borrow money for the sake of moving.
The press service of Odnoklassniki stressed that you can search for vacancies directly on the social network using the VK Job service in the Job section. menu. Applicants can choose any of dozens of fields of activity for different types of employment: remote work, work in quarantine, vacancies on a rotational basis, or work in another city with further relocation.