The given table illustrates the percentage of job providers in various areas who had problems finding employees in 2003 and 2004.
Overall, it is clear that the maximum shortage was of skilled workers and the minimum of technical and managerial staff.
In 2003, in the manufacturing, building, commerce, and services sector almost equal percentage (41%-47%) found difficulty in hiring skilled workers
This percentage increased slightly in all sectors except for the commerce sector, in which it decreased in 2004. Between 20% and 26% of employers found it hard to find unskilled Labour in 2003. The percentage increased in all sectors except commerce, where it fell to 19%
The technical and managerial staff was the least difficult to find. In the construction sector, the percentage of employers who found it tough to find staff was 14%, but it decreased by 4% in 2004. In the manufacturing, services and Commerce sector the percentage fell from 8%,5% and 2% in 2003 to 6%,2% and 0% by 2004 respectively.