40% of Employers Worldwide Are Struggling to Find Qualified Job Candidates

According to a Manpower survey of nearly 33,000 employers across 23 countries and territories, 40 percent of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their markets.

The top 10 jobs that employers are having difficulty filling across the 23 countries and territories surveyed are (ranked in order):

1. Sales Representatives


2. Engineers


3. Technicians (primarily production/operations, engineering and
   maintenance)


4. Production Operators


5. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily carpenters, welders and plumbers)


6. IT Staff (primarily programmers/developers)


7. Administrative Assistants/Personal Assistants


8. Drivers


9. Accountants


10. Management/Executives

“In 10 years, we will see many businesses failing because they haven’t planned ahead for the talent shortage and are unable to find the people they need to run their businesses. This is not a cyclical trend, as we have seen in the past, this time the talent crunch is for real, and it’s going to last for decades.”

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