Theory and Practice of Primary Adaptation as a Factor in Retaining Young Specialists at the Enterprises of the Mining Industry in Russia

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of retaining young specialists at the enterprises  of the Russian mining industry. It defines the importance of such an important area of work of personnel management services, as primary adaptation, for the successful solution of this problem. The complex content of adaptation programs for young specialists is revealed and the main strategies for their retention in modern conditions are outlined. At the theoretical level of consideration of the problem, general scientific research methods were used, as well as specific sociological analysis and content analysis of the works of leading Russian scientists in the field of personnel management. The applied significance of the article is to describe the practical work of the personnel management services of the Joint Stock Company ALROSA to
retain young specialists at the mining industry enterprises.