skilled labour shortage
1skilled — [skɪld] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES 1. someone who is skilled has the training and experience that is needed to do something well: • Skilled craftsmen, such as carpenters, bricklayers etc, are in great demand. • Medical technology companies face a… …
2labour — labour1 W1S3 n BrE labor AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(workers)¦ 3¦(baby)¦ 4 a labour of love 5 somebody s labours ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WORK)¦[U] work, especially physical work ▪ …
3shortage — short|age [ˈʃo:tıdʒ US ˈʃo:r ] n [U and C] a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need shortage of ▪ a shortage of skilled labour ▪ There is no shortage of funds. water/food/housing etc shortage ▪ efforts to solve the… …
4shortage — noun (C, U) a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need (+ of): a shortage of skilled labour | water/gasoline/bread etc shortage: water shortages in the summer …
5labour — la‧bour [ˈleɪbə ǁ ər] , labor noun [uncountable] 1. work involving a lot of physical or mental effort: • The garage charges £65 an hour for labour. • those involved in repetitive, unskilled manual labour (= work that involves using your …
6labour — 1 BrE, labor AmE noun 1 WORK (U) effort or work, especially physical work: The garage charges 30 an hour for labour. | manual labour (=work with tools you hold in your hands): Building still involves a lot of manual labour. | withdraw your labour …
7skilled — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ Interviewi …
8labour — (BrE) (AmE labor) noun 1 work ADJECTIVE ▪ manual, physical ▪ back breaking, forced, hard ▪ He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime …
9labour, hours of — the proportion of a person s time spent at work. Hours of labour have declined significantly since the middle of the 19th century, with workers in advanced industrial countries spending far fewer hours per year in a given place of work than …
10Timmins — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Timmins other name = native name = nickname = motto = The City with a Heart of Gold imagesize = image caption = Timmins, Ontario, Canada flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image… …
