In recent years, the rising level of unemployment among people with middle school and high school educations suggests, on the other hand, that the shift from labor-intensive to technology-intensive industry is causing a sharp drop in employment opportunities for persons of secondary education or less.
另外這幾年國中、高職教育程度人口失業率普遍提高則顯示，勞力密集產業轉型為技術密集產業，使得國中、高職畢業生的就業機會大幅減少。