Abstract:

Introduction.:
The shift of the retirement age limits in Russia actualized the demand of the new approach to pre-retirement aged people, managing their educational activity in the organizations. The article presents the analysis of statistical data and the results of an expert survey, showing the prospects and possibilities of including of pre-retirement aged employees in educational practices of the organization.

Research Methods:
The research methodology is a set of theoretical approaches, that help to understand the behavior of third-age workers in the labor and educational spheres, as well as the new strategies of managing their educational activities. The article provides a statistical characteristic of third-age workers in Russia from the standpoint of their involvement in educational activities. Methods of expert survey of representatives of the top-level management of one of the largest regions of Russia - the Sverdlovsk region: deputy heads and top managers of leading enterprises (124 experts) are used. The expert evaluations of specialists in the field of personnel management in Russia and abroad are analyzed; analysts in the field of socio-psychological and socio-pedagogical studies of the education of workers in late adulthood; heads of structures of additional education and retraining of personnel (5 experts).

Results:
Statistical data and the expert survey data analysis revealed that training and retraining for pre-retirees largely determines their chances of employment and is a significant factor in the development of the human capital of this social community. Only one of three enterprises in Russia that have personnel of pre-retirement age are training them. Most companies do not plan to increase the budget for employee training. The implemented state programs for training third-age workers are not focused on the needs of regional labor markets and employers' requests. The employers’ potential in managing the educational activities of pre-retirees has not been realized. The use of institutional means for the integration of own and state resources, the development of a comprehensive strategy for managing the training of third-age workers in order to develop their own enterprise / organization in a competitive environment and to update the human capital of workers of pre-retirement age is important.

Conclusions:
The data analysis revealed problems in the management of educational activities of pre-retirees in the organization and showed the ways of solving them in the search for effective interaction in the field of public-private and public-private partnerships.

Keywords:

Personnel management, personnel training, third-age workers, educational activities, continuing education.