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Businesses are still being plagued by worker shortages. An Employers and Manufacturers Association survey shows 90 percent of businesses are struggling to fill vacancies, and nearly a third have had roles in the market for more than six months. Up to 44 percent say things have gotten worse. EMA Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald says it's down to a lack of skills and people in the workforce. "Only about a third of our cohort of school leavers have university degrees, so two thirds of the workforce is in the vocational side of things. And that's the bit that we're short of." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.