es in Kazakhstan undergoing fundamental changes in employment, changes its status, a new procedure for hiring employees, etc. Object of study - economic relations associated with the formation of the structure of employment in market conditions.purpose of research - to prove theoretical - methodological approaches to the improvement of the employment structure, focused on the formation of real economy.and methodological bases Masters work- theoretical - methodological bases of the study were the fundamental works classical scholars, Keynesian, neo - Keynesian, schools and modern liberal and neoliberal theories. Use in studying the problem Employment Act, regulations of state and regional employment programs, employment and road map and historical materials about employment.basic - Market economy distorted employment. At a relatively low level of labor productivity in the number of employment has become a low proportion of workers who create wealth, continues to rise in the employment share of employees. The structure of employment remains high proportion of self-employed. Regularly received state and regional employment programs, the realization of which the substantial budgetary resources do not include high efficiency. They agree poorly with other government programs, in particular with the program Performance - 2020. Scientific novelty of the master`s work - it is a comprehensive analysis of the employment structure: by whom, age, employment status, sectoral and regional basis with the release of the three time periods - pre-crisis (2005-2006), crisis (2007-2009), the post-crisis (2010-2012) .new method of calculating the level of unemployment, by the radio of the unemployed to the of employees that will actually reflect its levels, which are currently undervalued because bazrabotnikov amount included in the numerator and denominator. Asked to review and appraisal method workers Authorized body for Employment - Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the population in terms of employment: while - positive in the fall - is negative.Applications - Conclusions and suggestions obtained from the results of this study can be used in improving the regulatory - legal framework in the field of employment, the development of state and regional employment programs. Economic benefits of research - research can be used in the development of theoretical positions of employment and the work of employees authorized agency for regulation of employment and unemployment.