A report by the CEPD's Manpower Planning Department states that both basic level labor and high level skilled personnel are in short supply, while there is a surfeit of middle ranking manpower. The labor supply is unsuitable. and this has become one of the structural imbalances most in need of attention at the present time.
經建會人力規劃處的報告也指出，目前高級人力和基層勞力最缺乏，不上不下的中等人力則過剩，整個勞力供給呈現重心不穩的橄欖球狀，是目前最值得注意的一種結構性失調。