| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 27, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Help Wanted--Really Wanted Europe's Labor Bottlenecks INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Europe will be short 1.3 million information-technology professionals next year. Consequence: Crimps use of IT to improve productivity. FINANCIAL SERVICES Banks can't find specialists in areas such as mergers and acquisitions. Consequence: Slows down corporate restructuring. CUSTOMER SERVICES Businesses ranging from hotels to airlines lack people with fluent English. Consequence: Disrupts transition to service-based economy. BLUE-COLLAR TRADES Spot shortages of construction and other manual workers, where unemployment is low. Consequence: Slows corporate expansion. DATA: INTERNATIONAL DATA CORP., BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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