Share of planned recruitments that employers expect to be difficult, from France Travail's « Besoins en main-d'œuvre » (BMO) survey. The survey is run every autumn among establishments and covers the hires planned for the following year; it is the « labour shortage » figure the French press reports each spring. A stated intention, not a count of posts left unfilled.· Recruitment projects declared by establishments for the following year, all of France· Employers’ expectations at survey time (autumn), not posts left unfilled; the year is the year the hires are planned for