... shortages in different labor markets have become apparent across many countries. In a recent study of 500 large American corporations, the META Group Inc. found that businesses nationwide are struggling to fill 600,000 information technology jobs with people skilled in areas such as networking, database management, supply chain collaboration, business-to-business integration and commerce chain management. That's down from the nearly 1 million vacancies posted in 2000, but coming in the midst of an economic downturn, it's indicative of the continuing shortage facing IT recruiters, said Maria Schafer, program director in META's executive services division. Another example also indicates the same situation. A survey from the Trade Unions of the United Kingdom showed that nowadays the percentage of unemployment in the UK had become the nadir during the past 20 years. However, at the same time, many industries such as health care, educating agencies, small businesses, professional companies and construction companies ...

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