The table describes the percentage of employers’ difficulty in recruiting employees in four different fields from 2003 to 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant

The table reports the proportion

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of employers’

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struggle in recruiting employees in 2003 and 2004 for four different areas which are manufacturing, building, commerce and services.

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it is clear that

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the percentage of difficulty in finding skilled

workers

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was much higher than any other group for all sectors. Difficulty in finding skilled

workers

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and unskilled

workers

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generally increased in 2004, except for commerce, which fell in that year. The Commerce group stood at 47% in 2003 and slightly decreased to 41% for skilled

workers

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as well as

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unskilled

workers

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dropped about 3% in 2004. The other 3 sectors rose slightly around 3-10% for all types of difficulty. Finding skilled

workers

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’ figures were the highest with all sectors above 40% followed by unskilled

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at more than 20%. Finding technical and managerial

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, generally

decrease

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decreases

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dropped

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-3%, excluding the building which decreased

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%.

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group

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represents the lowest with all numbers being below 15%.