{
  "id": 19933212,
  "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-19933212",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T06:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "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": "The European job market is currently facing significant shortages in certain occupations, with teaching, healthcare, and IT roles being among the hardest to fill. These shortages are particularly pronounced in Spain, where a large gap exists for food preparation assistants, according to the OECD. The unemployment gap between young graduates and the wider working-age population has also widened in many countries, exacerbating the issue. On the other hand, labourers, food preparation assistants, and sales workers are relatively easy to recruit across Europe. The OECD’s index, which compares occupations within each country, shows that health professionals are the hardest to fill in 23 of the 27 countries, followed by health associate professionals and ICT professionals in 21 countries each. Labourers, elementary workers, and food preparation assistants are among the easiest occupations to fill in 14, 12, and 11 countries respectively.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}