| Summary: | <p>The article is sanctified to the sociological analysis of problems of employment of young people, in particular, to the use of formal and informal resources at looking for a job. The concept of social capital and the main provisions of a network approach are the methodological basis of the research. The concept of social networks is based on the study of the diversity of the functions of social connections (networks) and ways of their functioning. The main attention in the article is paid to social relations, defined by their role and importance in the process of employment Drawing on the results of regional sociological researches, an author reveals the increase of meaningfulness of this resource in employment of the Tyumen young people, analyses the functional features of the used social connections, the main among them is a protective function. Causality of the kind of social connections is explained in the article the weakness of formal institutions of employment, although this thesis requires a deeper the further substantiation. The findings of this work, can be used for study the problem of youth employment in modern conditions and development of a regional strategy for the provision and regulation of youth employment.</p><p><strong>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-10-42">http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-10-42</a></strong></p>
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