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.

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of job providers in various areas Who had problems finding employees in 2003 and 2004.

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the maximum shortage was of skilled workers and the minimum of technical and managerial staff. In 2003, in the manufacturing, building,

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almost equal

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(41%-47%) found difficulty in hiring skilled workers.

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increased slightly in all

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except for the

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sector, in which it decreased in 2004. Between 20% and 26% of employers found it hard to find unskilled labour in 2003. The

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increased in all

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except

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, where it fell to 19%. The technical and managerial staff was the least difficult to find. In the construction sector, the

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of employers who found it tough to find staff was 14%, but it decreased by 4% in 2004. In the manufacturing, services and

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the

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