A student who hasn't worked for a day wants 1 000 leva start salary, to less he does not agree. And this is not an exception, Consulteam, one of the larger companies in human resourcing said.

Labour market shortages make it necessary for employers to make serious compromises when hiring staff, Dnevnik daily said.

Jobtiger manager Svetozar Petrov said that the companies either need to spend more money or hire staff without the necessary qualifications.

Shortage in specialists, as well as in unqualified staff, the continuously decreasing unemployment and investment in new enterprises leave employers in a difficult situation.

All regions of the country and almost all sectors of the economy were faced with a need for personnel. This was the general picture painted by representatives of human resourcing agencies and employer organisations, the newspaper said.

Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce vice president Dikran Tebeyan said that it would be necessary to create a system to follow the labour market not only by branch, but also by region, which would identify the needs of investors for specific professions and based on this change admission in education.

Young people, and especially girls, did not want to work in production and masses decided to study business administration, he said. This way the market for secretaries would be flooded, while the industry would have a shortage of specialists in chemistry, metallurgy and machine construction.

Shortage of staff of course would lead to increased salaries no matter what the level of education was, Tebeyan said. This was why a highly qualified chef in a prestigious restaurant would not receive more than 2000 to 3000 leva while a barman with some experience would get over 1500 leva.

Confederation of Employers and Industrialists Evgenii Ivanov said that employers would probably continue to agree to raise salaries, said director of the.

But the balloon would have to burst and companies would loose their competitiveness. They would go bankrupt and this would hurt not only the owner, but also employees, Ivanov said.