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Employers are on the look out for highly skilled workers, which is good news for qualified job seeking graduates.

Research by employment group Manpower showed that many employers are finding it difficult to hire staff with the right skills.

According to the survey of over 2,000 companies, one in six are struggling to fill positions due to a lack of talent, nearly twice as many as last year.

The recruitment market is facing a shortage of suitably qualified candidates to fill vacancies, with jobs such as engineers, chefs, sales representatives, drivers and teachers most difficult to fill.

Mark Cahill, managing director of Manpower, said: "Britain is facing a serious talent shortage in certain sectors at a time when unemployment is actually rising. Part of the reason we continue to see the same professions feature in the list every year is that the jobs have structurally changed, as have the skills required, but training in these professions has yet to catch up.

"The recession, and now this slow recovery, has made the talent mismatch in the UK even more stark. Many organisations that have previously cut their headcounts are now finding that they need to increase their workforce in an increasingly talent-hungry market. Though the UK suffers less than other countries, there is no doubt that globally we are heading towards an employability crisis."

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