Application of Information and Communication Technologies as a Tool of Development of Rural Territories' Labor Resources: Possibilities and Perspectives

The purpose of the article is to determine the possibilities and perspectives of application of the ICT in the process of management and development of rural territories' labor resources by the example of modern Russia. For evaluating the current level of development of rural territories' labor resources, the authors use the method of competitiveness polygon. This method allows for complex evaluation of competitiveness of rural territories' labor resources on the basis of various criteria: level of education, level of qualification, level of innovational activity, level of labor efficiency, and level of manageability. As a result of evaluation of competitiveness of rural territories' labor resources in modern Russia, a conclusion is made that according to most evaluation criteria the competitiveness of these resources is low. This is caused primarily by isolation of Russia's rural territories from regional centers (cities) which are the sources of innovational development and emergence of labor resources. In order to solve the determined problems and increase competitiveness of labor resources of modern Russia's rural territories with the help of the ICT, the practical recommendations are offered and the authors' model of development of rural territories' labor resources on the basis of application of the ICT is developed.