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7.4 Hard-to-fill Position and Critical Job Category
Hard-to-fill Position refers to position that remains vacant for 3 months or longer despite
recruitment effort. Chief executives, directors, partners and owners as well as Clerical Support
Workers are the most common hard to fill position across the PSA sectors. Apart from that,
Professionals and Technicians and Associate Professionals job categories also emerged as
hard-to-fill positions within each of the PSA sectors.
Table 20: Top 5 Hard to Fill Positions by Industry
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
1
1
3
3
3
1
2
3
4
5
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
1
3
4
Hard to fill position
Accounting (n=82)
11.Chief executives, directors, partners and owners
24. Business and administration professionals
4. Clerical support workers
33. Business and administration associate professionals
12. Administrative and commercial managers
Advertising^ (n=8)
12. Administrative and commercial managers
4. Clerical support workers
13. Production and manufacturing managers
16. Services managers
24. Business and administration professionals
Architectural (n=34)
11.Chief executives, directors, partners and owners
4. Clerical support workers
12. Administrative and commercial managers
31. Science and engineering associate professionals
21. Science and engineering professionals
26. Legal professionals
Engineering (n=54)
21. Science and engineering professionals
31. Science and engineering associate professionals
11.Chief executives, directors, partners and owners
4. Clerical support workers
12. Administrative and commercial managers
Land & Quantity Surveying (n=38)
11.Chief executives, directors, partners and owners
21. Science and engineering professionals
4. Clerical support workers
31. Science and engineering associate professionals
Environmental Scan – Professional Services Activities
% of
companies
selected
28%
24%
22%
17%
10%
38%
38%
25%
25%
25%
26%
21%
15%
9%
6%
6%
44%
39%
31%
24%
19%
39%
39%
24%
21%
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