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 [ 2007-04-07 ] |
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Sales representatives are the most sought-after employees, topping the list of the hardest jobs to fill for the second year in a row, according to an annual survey conducted by the employment service Manpower.
Rounding out the top five positions are teacher, mechanic, technician and management/executive, followed by truck driver, delivery driver, accountant, labourer and machine operator.
The survey, which polled nearly 37,000 businesses worldwide in January, found that 41 percent of employers report difficulty filling positions due to a lack of available talent.
"People are retiring and leaving the work force," said Melanie Holmes of Manpower. "The world is becoming increasingly competitive."
SICK SIDE EFFECTS
As temperatures warm up and birds start chirping outside your office window, you might just be tempted to call in sick to work. But now there's even more reason, besides your unfailing moral compass, to suck it up and show up.
Unplanned absences not only hurt your company's bottom line, they make you tense and burden your co-workers. More than half of employees report feeling additional stress when returning to work after being out, according to a survey by Nationwide Better Health, a workplace health management service.
The survey also found that 53% of employees report having more work to do when their colleagues are unexpectedly absent.
A full 85% of respondents cited a health condition, either their own or a family member's, as the primary reason for unplanned absences.
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