Meaning of skills shortage | Babel Free
Definitions
A lack of specialized workforce.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Fachkräftemangel
Examples
“Her decision reflects what seems to be an accelerating trend here. Professionals, often young and in middle management but increasingly also senior executives, are leaving, adding to a skills shortage that is already acute.”
“Think⟳ about what we would expect⟳ to find⟳ if there really were a skills shortage. Above all, we should see⟳ workers with the right skills doing well, while only those without those skills are doing badly. We don’t.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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