[分享]Talent Shortage Survey 2008

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2008 Talent Shortage Survey Results
Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) surveyed nearly 43,000 employers across 32 countries and territories in late
January 2008 to determine the extent to which talent shortages are impacting today’s labor markets. The
results of the third annual Talent Shortage Survey revealed that 31 percent of employers worldwide are
having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their markets, which is 10
percentage point weaker compared to last year’s survey.
Employers having the most difficulty finding the right people to fill jobs are those in Romania (73%), Japan
(63%), Hong Kong (61%), Singapore (57%), Australia (52%) and Taiwan (51%). The talent shortage appears
to be least problematic in India (12%), United Kingdom (12%), Ireland (14%), China (15%) and the
Netherlands (15%).
Compared to 2007, employers are reporting that talent shortages are less pervasive in Costa Rica (down 59
percentage points), Mexico (down 54 percentage points), Peru (down 24 percentage points) and United
Kingdom (down 22 percentage points).
Global Results
The top 10 jobs that employers are having difficulty filling across the 32 countries and territories
surveyed are (ranked in order):
1. Skilled Manual Trades
2. Sales Representatives
3. Technicians (primarily production/operations, engineering or maintenance)
4. Engineers
5. Management/Executives
6. Laborers
7. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants & Office Support Staff
8. Drivers
9. Accounting & Finance Staff
10. IT Staff (primarily programmers/developers)
Total Number of Respondents: 42,585
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 31%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 69%
Margin of error: +/- 3.9%
* In this survey, Skilled Manual Trades refers to a broad range of job titles that require workers to possess
specialized skills, traditionally learned over a period of time as an apprentice. Examples of skilled trades
jobs are: electricians, bricklayers, carpenters, cabinetmakers, masons, plumbers, welders, etc. Where
possible, these jobs are listed in order of highest demand for each country.

2008 Results by Country
AMERICAS
Argentina
1. Technicians
2. Engineers
3. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily electricians,welders or carpenters/joiners)
4. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &Office Support Staff
5. IT Staff
6. Laborers
7. Production Operators
8. Machinists/Machine Operators
9. Management/Executives
10. Mechanics
Total Number of Respondents: 801
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 36%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 64%
Margin of error: +/- 3.5%

Canada
1. Skilled Manual Trades (primarilycarpenters/jointers, welders or electricians)
2. Sales Representatives
3. Engineers
4. Accounting & Finance Staff
5. Laborers
6. Nurses
7. Teachers
8. Drivers
9. Machinists/Machine Operators
10. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
Total Number of Respondents: 1,742
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 31%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 69%
Margin of error: +/- 2.3%

Mexico
1. Technicians
2. Production Operators
3. Management/Executives
4. Engineers
5. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
6. Sales Representatives
7. Sales Managers
8. Laborers
9. Machinists/Machine Operators
10. Drivers
Total Number of Respondents: 4,799
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 28%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 72%
Margin of error: +/- 1.4%

United States
1. Engineers
2. Machinists/Machine Operators
3. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily welders orcarpenters/joiners)
4. Technicians
5. Sales Representatives
6. Accounting & Finance Staff
7. Mechanics
8. Laborers
9. IT Staff
10. Production Operators
Total Number of Respondents: 2,000
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 22%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 78%
Margin of error: +/- 2.2%

ASIA PACIFIC
Australia
1. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily electricians,
carpenters/joiners, or welders)
2. Engineers
3. Sales Representatives
4. Accounting & Finance Staff
5. Drivers
6. Technicians
7. Laborers
8. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
9. Mechanics
10. Management/Executives
Total Number of Respondents: 2,216
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 52%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 48%
Margin of error: +/- 2.1%

China
1. Technicians
2. Sales Representatives
3. Management/Executives
4. Sales Managers
5. Machinists/Machine Operators
6. Engineers
7. Production Operators
8. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily electricians,
carpenters/joiners or welders)
9. Laborers
10. Restaurants & Hotel Staff
Total Number of Respondents: 3,900
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 15%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 85%
Margin of error: +/- 1.6%
Hong Kong
1. Sales Representatives
2. Management/Executives
3. Accounting & Finance Staff
4. Engineers
5. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
6. Technicians
7. IT Staff
8. Customer Service Representatives & Customer
Support
9. Marketing & Public Relations Staff
10. Drivers
Total Number of Respondents: 625
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 61%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 39%
Margin of error: +/- 3.9%

India
1. IT Staff
2. Engineers
3. Management/Executives
4. Accounting & Finance Staff
5. Marketing & Public Relations Staff
6. Technicians
7. Laborers
8. Sales Representatives
9. Teachers
10. Designers
Total Number of Respondents: 5,279
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 12%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 88%
Margin of error: +/- 1.3%

Japan
1. Sales Representatives
2. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
3. Technicians
4. IT Staff
5. Production Operators
6. Engineers
7. Skilled Manual Trades
8. Marketing & Public Relations Staff
9. Machinists/Machine Operators
10. Researchers (R&D)
Total Number of Respondents: 894
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 63%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 37%
Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
New Zealand
1. Sales Representatives
2. Skilled Manual Trades (primarily carpenters/joiners
or electricians)
3. Engineers
4. Accounting & Finance Staff
5. IT Staff
6. Laborers
7. Technicians
8. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
9. Management/Executives
10. Production Operators
Total Number of Respondents: 954
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 47%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 53%
Margin of error: +/- 3.2%

Singapore
1. Sales Representatives
2. Engineers
3. Management/Executives
4. Accounting & Finance Staff
5. Technicians
6. Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants &
Office Support Staff
7. IT Staff
8. Skilled Manual Trades
9. Customer Service Representatives & Customer
Support
10. Drivers
Total Number of Respondents: 650
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 57%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 43%
Margin of error: +/- 3.8%

Taiwan
1. Other Professional Functions (e.g. Procurement,
Legal, Planning, etc.)
2. Sales
3. Research & Development
4. Engineering/Technical
5. Management/Corporate/HR/Training Staff
6. Laborers
7. Production/Operations (e.g. Manufacturing,
Logistics, Service Delivery, etc.)
8. Finance & Accounting Staff
9. Marketing & Public Relations Staff
10. IT Staff
Total Number of Respondents: 1,345
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 51%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 49%
Margin of error: +/- 2.7%

thanks a lot!!

Greate information!

I got the following observations from the data:

1. Shortage of IT staff and Accounting & Finance Staff in the US.

2. Shortage of Accounting & Finance Staff in Canada (many skilled workers in IT immigrated here; accounting and finance jobs don't pay high, actually much lower than IT).

3. Strong demand of IT or Accounting & Finance staff in HK and Singapore.

4. Neither IT or Accounting & Finance is in demand in China (IT and Finance have been the hotest major in the last decade).

If you are interested in Accounting/Finance or IT, now you know the place to go.