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English translation: jobs for which there are not enough workers


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English term or phrase:Bottleneck jobs
English translation:jobs for which there are not enough workers
Entered by: Muhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD
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17:42 Dec 14, 2009
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English term or phrase: Bottleneck jobs
Different economic sectors in Belgium are suffering from a shortage of workers. You can check the list of these jobs via the federal portal site www.belgium.be (Work – Seeking work – Labour market – Bottleneck jobs).
Muhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD
Egypt
Local time: 03:09
jobs for which there aren't enough workers
Explanation:
This is a bit of a guess but it seems to fit the context provided (I couldn't find the expression on the site).
HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-14 18:42:28 GMT)
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I have just found this on an article (http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/open-borde...

In Belgium there was some debate about allowing workers for so-called bottleneck jobs, jobs for which there are hardly any qualified candidates in Belgium.
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Local time: 02:09
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Many thanks, Paula.
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Summary of answers provided
2 +8jobs for which there aren't enough workers
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Summary of reference entries provided
Bottleneck jobs
Teresa Borges

  

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bottleneck jobs
jobs for which there aren't enough workers


Explanation:
This is a bit of a guess but it seems to fit the context provided (I couldn't find the expression on the site).
HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-14 18:42:28 GMT)
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I have just found this on an article (http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/open-borde...

In Belgium there was some debate about allowing workers for so-called bottleneck jobs, jobs for which there are hardly any qualified candidates in Belgium.

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Local time: 02:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Many thanks, Paula.

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agree  Demi Ebrite: Generally, the term 'bottleneck job' is attributed to the act of a country opening its borders to out-of-country workers who are qualified for specific industry jobs which can't be filled with the existing job pool. / Sorry for the length!
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  -> Thanks a lot for the explanation :-)
agree  Liam Hamilton
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agree  Veronika McLaren
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agree  Stephanie Ezrol
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agree  Polangmar
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agree  Alfa Trans
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agree  Teresa Borges: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2... and www.steunpuntwse.be/download/nl/1482073/pdf
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  -> Thanks for the link too :-)
agree  Goldcoaster
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Reference: Bottleneck jobs

Reference information:
3.1 The demand for foreign workers
Some job vacancies are harder to fill than others. These jobs are called ‘bottleneck jobs’. The Public Employment Service of Flanders (VDAB) periodically draws up a list of these hard-to-fill vacancies jobs on the basis of the lead time of the vacancies, the filling rate of the vacancies, and the opinions of the experts.
In 2003 218 bottleneck occupations were identified, which account for 33,015 jobs, or 43% of the filled vacancies. Not all of these 33,015 jobs, however, represented a hard-to-fill vacancy. And, conversely, sometimes it takes a lot of time to fill a vacancy, even though the job is not a bottleneck occupation.
The cause of the bottleneckmay be a shortage of people with the necessary qualifications. But a quantitative shortage or unpleasant labour circumstances may also cause a bottleneck. The following table lists themajor causes of bottlenecks for different types of jobs in Flanders.
This list of bottleneck occupations is interesting from the perspective of potential migrants. Apparently there is a need for workers with varying education levels. There is a demand for workers with very specific abilities such as specialised technicians, welders, electricians, wood workers andmasons. In addition, the list contains jobs requiring a high level of education such as engineers, nurses, bookkeepers and IT specialists. Thirdly there is a clear demand for low skilled jobs such as chauffeurs, workmen, kitchen, catering and cleaning personnel.
This list of available jobs should not give the impression that Belgium and Flanders is the promised land for migrant workers looking for a new life. Overall unemployment stands at 8-9% in
Flanders and 12-13% in Belgium. The Belgian unemployment rate is among the highest in the EU. Hence, the Belgian and Flemish labour market is looking for workers in selected occupations,
but not for just any worker in any job.


    Reference: http://www.steunpuntwse.be/download/nl/1482073/pdf
Teresa Borges
Belgium
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Asker: Thank you so much, Teresa, for your time and help.

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Changes made by editors
Dec 16, 2009 - Changes made by Muhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD:
Edited KOG entryMuhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD's old entry - "Bottleneck jobs" => "jobs for which there aren\'t enough workers"
Dec 16, 2009 - Changes made by Muhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD:
Edited KOG entryMuhammad Abdulfattah AHMAD's old entry - "Bottleneck jobs" => "jobs for which there aren\'t enough workers"


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