The article substantiates the need to revise the requirements for human resource management. On the one hand, this is due the development and implementation of ITtechnologies in almost all spheres of life in modern society that is a consequence of the development of Industry 4.0. And on the other hand, according to the program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" it is one of the priority directions for the implementation of this program. At the same time, the development of a competent employee model is one of the main trends of the modern human resource management system. A comparative analysis of the classical and modern personnel management systems made it possible to identify and describe the main trends in human resource management in the context of digital business transformation, as well as to identify the main problems in their implementation. The result of the work was a formulated system of requirements for a modern employee, here are the main: emotional intelligence; systemic, flexible thinking; teamwork skills; skills related to the application of ITtechnologies in everyday and professional activities, interdisciplinary knowledge and others. It was also found that the proposed system of requirements for an employee is currently not being implemented and it is necessary to implement additional training programs, including through the introduction of digital technologies, the use of chat bots may be a priority for solving this probleml. Keywords-digital economy, digital business transformation, human resource management, trends in human resource management in a digital economy, the formation of personnel requirements in a digital transformation