The table below shows the percentage of employers in various sectors having difficulty in finding staff in 2003 and 2004. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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

sectors

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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

sectors

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the

percentage

fell from 8%,5% and 2% in 2003 to 6%,2% and 0% by 2004 respectively.