In order to prepare students and the unemployed for shortage occupations, we need information.

The work permit shortage occupations list contains jobs within the engineering, healthcare, and other professions.

He is firmly of the view that there should be no separate shortage occupation list for Northern Ireland.

In 2008, Rashid had over skilled chefs being included in the shortage occupation list of the UK Border Agency.

It has asked for positions as ethnic restaurant staff to be designated as a shortage occupation which would make it easier for Bangladeshi citizens to obtain United Kingdom work permits.

If the position for which the prospective employer is seeking a work permit is on the shortage occupation list, there is no requirement for the employer to meet the advertising criteria set by Work Permits (UK).

"However, as the revitalization of the nation's economy has continued on the course this Administration has set," the letter said, "we have seen unemployment drop, and free market forces have resulted in rising pay rates for American workers, particularly in shortage occupations."