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The Dutch workforce is thin on technical degrees
The technical shortage is not only about how many students graduate each year. The whole educated base is thin, and…
The sectors where demand ignores the cycle
Construction, grid work and healthcare hire on programmes, not on the economy. With a labour force that barely grows, their…
How you ask for a salary decides what you get
Research on new hires shows which ways of negotiating pay off. The comfortable middle is not one of them.
Employers now rank hiring quality above speed
Employers worry more about hiring the right person than about hiring fast. Most still run one screening process for every…
Labour is the constraint that rises again
Business surveys show the shortage returning before vacancy figures do. Industry and construction feel it first.
The whole rich world is short of staff
Employers who expect relief from abroad count on a surplus that hardly exists. The OECD shows the rich world tight…
A higher offer rarely fills the vacancy
Labour got much more expensive, yet salary is rarely what keeps a vacancy open. Too few applicants and missing skills…
Scarce labour now decides which work gets done
When the labour force stops growing, demand adapts to supply. Firms take on less work. The people exist, but they…
Among the tightest because others cooled faster
The Dutch market cooled too. It ranks among the tightest in the EU because Germany, Austria and Czechia cooled much…
Most shortage measures only move people around
European case studies show what employers do against shortages. Most measures redistribute scarce people. Few create new supply.