1.   And with severe worker shortages expected to continue, where will the workers come from?

2.   A worker shortage can hold back growth.

3.   Advocates for farm workers point to a recent General Accounting Office study showing that no farm worker shortage exists.

4.   Additionally, worker shortages in many industries could erase some of the productivity gains, which bolstered business profits, analysts said.

5.   But so far that has not eased the worker shortage.

6.   Cisco launched the program a little more than a year ago to help fill a high-tech worker shortage.

7.   Fed officials remain concerned that rising labor costs, stemming from low unemployment and worker shortages, will translate into higher consumer prices.

8.   Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is concerned that low unemployment and worker shortages will push labor and production costs higher -- reversing recent inflation trends.

9.   Faced with a severe worker shortage, Putnam decided it was time to be more creative.

10.   For some businesses, though, further productivity gains may be elusive as businesses contend with worker shortages stemming from the lowest unemployment rate in a quarter century.