According to the statistics of the labor force market in Ningbo in the first two quaters of the year, in the first half of the year, Ningbo labor force market supplied 794,460 jobs but the registered job seekers numbered only 573,100, indicating that Ningbo has a great shortage of workers, especially the factory workers, and attendant workers. "Hard to get workers", this is the common phenomenon for many enterprises.

　　The enterprises that need workers are mainly in the second and third industries. Statistics show that in the first half of the year, the first industry demanded for only 275 workers, the second industry needed 323,900 workers, and the third industry needed 470,400 workers.

　　This shows that there is a great demand for the service people and machine operators, but there is a great vacancy for the supply.