{
  "id": 19932107,
  "title": "Which jobs are hardest and easiest to fill in Europe, and why?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/which-jobs-are-hardest-and-easiest-to-fill-in-europe-and-why",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-14T06:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews Business",
    "slug": "euronews-business",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/14/which-jobs-are-hardest-and-easiest-to-fill-in-europe-and-why"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Europe is facing significant challenges in filling certain jobs, with teaching, healthcare, and IT roles being among the hardest to fill, according to the OECD's Mapping Skill Shortages in OECD Countries report. The unemployment gap between young graduates and the wider working-age population has widened across the countries analyzed. Meanwhile, labourers and food preparation assistants are among the easiest occupations to recruit, particularly in Spain where a large shortage of food preparation assistants exists. The report groups occupations into five categories based on how hard they are to fill compared to other occupations within the same country, indicating that health, teaching, and ICT jobs are consistently difficult to fill across most of Europe. The shortage of healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, is particularly acute, with 23 of the 27 countries experiencing difficulties in retaining and recruiting these essential workers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}