The provide table illustrates how serious the shortage of workers across various sectors in 2003 and 2004.
Overall, skilled workers were the most challenging to find across all sectors, while the shortage of technical and managerial staff was the least significant. Notably, the percentage of commercial employers facing difficulty in finding workers followed a downward trajectory.
As shown in the table, in 2003, employers in all categories faced similar difficulties in finding skilled workers, with percentages ranging from 41% to 47%. In 2004, the shortage of skilled workers increased slightly in all sectors, except in commerce, where the proportion fell to 41% in 2004. Likewise, the percentage of employers facing difficulties in finding unskilled labour increased across all categories, except in commerce, which witnessed a modest drop of 3%.
The shortage of technical and managerial staff was the least significant. The construction sector recorded the highest percentage of employers struggling to find technical and managerial staff, at 14% before experiencing a moderate decline of 4% in 2004. Similarly, the figures for other sectors declined slightly, fluctuating around 0 and 10%.