Virtual labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on transport industry

The shocks of the pandemic and the economic downturn became factors that challenged, first of all, new market structures in the national economy, the formation of which was associated with the development of information and communication technologies and the globalization of the information space. It was they who had to offer new ways to adapt to stress factors and find new areas for development. One of such structures in the Russian Federation is the virtual labor market. The lack of publications on the mechanism of its functioning in a pandemic made the research topic proposed by the authors relevant and innovative. The article proposes criteria for adapting the virtual labor market in a pandemic, on their basis, non-price tools for its adaptation are identified, and the prospects for cooperation between transport enterprises and the virtual labor market. The identified trends can be assessed as an innovative adaptation to the conditions of uncertainty associated with the active restructuring of virtual interaction channels. Of particular importance is the growth in intensity and expansion of communication channels for transport enterprises, since the solution of their systemic problems is possible only through the use of a wide range of intellectual and information products and services. The materials can be of practical importance for the creation of the main institutions of the virtual labor market and the development of strategic decisions for transport enterprises.