EU plans to recruit more external workers to fill skill shortages

The Commission is today presenting a series of new initiatives in a Skills and Talent Mobility package to make the EU more attractive to talent from outside EU, and to facilitate mobility within. Today’s measures include a new EU Talent Pool to match employers in the EU with jobseekers in third countries as well as measures to promote the recognition of qualifications and learner’s mobility. They come as key deliverables of the European Year of Skills.

A 2022 report found that France has skills shortages across all types of sectors, especially:

• manufacturing and production

• human resources

• information technology

• sales and marketing

• operations and logistics

• hospitality and retail

• banking and finance

• education, health and government