31.   Low unemployment has led to a shortage of qualified workers in key industries, like computers, forcing businesses to offer higher wages and more lucrative benefits.

32.   Low unemployment has led to a shortage of qualified workers in key industries, such as computer software firms, forcing businesses to offer more lucrative wages and benefits.

33.   Moreover, shortages of qualified workers in many industries could give workers clout to demand higher wages and benefits, analysts said.

34.   Often, they are sent by agencies struggling to find qualified workers to fill a rapidly growing demand for home care.

35.   Others, like Jean Wash, which dyes garments, said crime was a problem, as was finding qualified workers.

36.   Qualified workers who already have benefits are loath to do without them, even temporarily, to take a new job.

37.   Should his proposal become law, Germany will offer immediate entry, for an indefinite time, to highly qualified foreign workers.

38.   Small businesses often find it hard to compete for more qualified workers, Heller said.

39.   Shortages of qualified workers in many industries could give workers more clout to demand increased wages and benefits, analysts said.

40.   So perhaps the time between jobs for qualified workers has contracted as much as it can, suggesting that further economic growth will produce little additional employment.