2007 Talent Shortage Survey Results

Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) surveyed nearly 37,000 employers across 27 countries and territories in late January to determine the extent to which talent shortages are impacting today’s labor markets. The survey results revealed that 41 percent of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their markets, which is 1 percentage point stronger compared to last year’s survey.

Employers having the most difficulty finding the right people to fill jobs are those in Costa Rica (93%), Mexico (82%), New Zealand (62%), Australia (61%) and Japan (61%). The talent shortage appears to be least problematic in India (9%) Ireland (17%), Netherlands (17%) and China (19%).

Global Results
The top 10 jobs that employers are having difficulty filling across the 27 countries and territories
surveyed are (ranked in order):
1. Sales Representatives
2. Skilled Manual Trades
3. Technicians (primarily production/operations, engineering or maintenance)
4. Engineers
5. Accounting & Finance Staff
6. Laborers
7. Production Operators
8. Drivers
9. Management/Executives
10. Machinists/Machine Operators


Total Number of Respondents: 36,629
Employers indicating difficulty filling positions: 41%
Employers indicating no difficulty filling positions: 59%
Margin of error: +/- 3.9%



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