Hiring managers struggle for qualified employees

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An economic slowdown appears to have affected job-fillers as much as job-seekers.

About 59 percent of hiring managers said “a shortage of qualified workers” was their primary recruiting challenge, up from about 52 percent in 2007, according to an annual employment study by staffing firm Robert Half International and CareerBuilder.com.

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