According to the autumn recruitment survey from the Danish Agency for Labour Markets and Recruitment, the iron, metals and automotive sectors remain the one facing the most difficulties filling vacant positions, with 23 percent of recruitment attempts unsuccessful.
Across industry groups, two sectors had the most difficulties, iron metal and automotive with 23 percent of unfilled recruitment attempts unsuccessful, and construction, where 18 percent of recruitment attempts were unsuccessful.
When it came to individual jobs, daycare teachers, electricians, cooks, nurses, and social and healthcare assistants were the roles with the most unsuccessful recruitment attempts.
The shortage of daycare teachers, nurses and social and healthcare assistants, the report found, had been increasing over the past year, "particularly driven by recruitment challenges in the Capital Region and Central Denmark Region".
Which parts of Denmark have the worst labour shortages?
Across Denmark as a whole, employers reported that an average of 11.3 percent of recruitment attempts were unsuccessful, a result that was more or less in line with the situation over the past three years, after recruitment difficulties decreased from post-pandemic highs of 19.7 percent in mid-2021.
Recruitment was easiest in the Capital Region, where only 10 percent of recruitment attempts were unsuccessful, followed by Southern Denmark, where only 10.5 percent were unsuccessful.
The hardest region for recruiters was Zealand, including the islands of Lolland, Falster and Møn.
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