(DOWNLOAD) "Global Migration As a Solution to Worker Shortages in Industrialized Economies." by Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Global Migration As a Solution to Worker Shortages in Industrialized Economies.
- Author : Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 271 KB
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Introduction According to a Manpower (2007) survey of 37,000 employers in twenty-seven countries and territories, "41 percent of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to suitable talent available in their market". The top ten jobs needed globally include drivers, healthcare workers, laborers, machinists/machine operators, production operators, skilled manual trades, technicians, and others. In the United States, one of the largest growing employment shortages is in the healthcare field, especially in nursing. There are several contributing factors, including the aging of the workforce, shortage of individuals entering the field, and unhappiness with workplace conditions (US General Accounting Office, 2001). These factors not only affect the healthcare field, but also can be applied to other manual-type labor positions as well. Canada immigration lists the construction and skilled trades, machining and equipment operators, automotive, engineering, electrical, industrial manufacturing, agriculture and healthcare workers as areas of confirmed labor market shortages (Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Resource Center Inc, 2007). Australia is experiencing a shortage in healthcare professionals and skilled labor, two of the occupations targeted for permanent migration (Janet Phillips, 2006). New Zealand has increased its immigration quotas for information technology, medicine, and professions requiring a master's or doctorate degree. (SHRM Global HR Focus Area, 2006) Business owners in the United Kingdom list a lack of availability of a skilled workforce as a major constraint to doing business (Grant Thornton International, 2006). These shortages are expected to increase over the next ten years.
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