Manpower: Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percengt of employers worldwide are struggling to find qualifiedjob candidates, especiallyu skilled tradespeople, sales representatives and Manpower surveyed nearly 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territoriess to gauge employers' abilitty to find the talent they need. The 10 hardesf jobs to fill, as reported by U.S. employers in are: Even with unemployment at or near record levelw inmany communities, Manpower'es research highlights the problem many employers are having findingt individuals with the right combinations of job-specific skills, training and soft skills.
"Inj the four years we have performed this the same positions appear on the list againand again," said Jonas Prising, Manpower'ds president of the Americas. "Despited the current economic instabilitty andhigh unemployment, there are still skills that the U.S. work forcw seems to lack." The U.S. findings are part of a Manpowetr global study that surveyed morethan 39,00o0 employers across 33 countries and territoriesz in January 2009. Positions in the skilled sales, technical work and engineering remaih the most difficult for employers tofill globally. Manpoweer surveyed more than 2,000 U.S.
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