Statistics compiled by the Council of Labor Affairs over the last three years on the ratio of job openings to jobseekers show that it fell from 1.38 (1.38 job openings for every jobseeker) in 2006, to 1.29 in 2007, then to 0.87 in 2008, and finally to a five-year low of 0.6 in February of this year.
勞委會統計台灣勞動市場求才、求職比的「求供倍數」變化，發現從 2006 年的 1.38（一人有 1.38 個工作機會）、2007 年 1.29、2008 年 0.87，到今年 2 月的 0.6，創下近 5 年來新低點。