Manpower: Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates - Washington Business Journal:

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The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percent of employers worldwide are strugglintg to find qualified job candidates especiallyskilleed tradespeople, sales representatives and technicians. Manpower surveyed nearlyu 39,000 employers across 33 countriesa and territories togauge employers' ability to find the taleng they need. The 10 hardest jobs to fill, as reportedx by U.S. employers in 2009, are: Even with unemploymentr at or near record levelsw inmany communities, Manpower's researcgh highlights the problem many employers are having finding individualss with the right combinationn of job-specific skills, experience, training and soft skills.
"Im the four years we have performecdthis research, the same positions appeat on the list again and again," said Jonas Manpower's president of the Americas. "Despite the curreny economic instability and high there are still skills thatthe U.S. workforcer seems to lack." The U.S. findings are part of a Manpowerd global study that surveyed morethan 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territories in Januaruy 2009. Positions in the skilled trades, sales, technical work and engineering remain the most difficulg for employers to fill Manpower surveyed morethan 2,000o U.S.
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