You have been hired by a multinational Healthcare company to write a 2000-word report responding to the task below. 
"Identify and analyse causes of labour shortages. Based on your findings, make recommendations about how labour shortages can be reduced."

• You must use the following source in your answer:
Manea, L.D., Virlanuta, F. O. and Muntean, M. C., (2019) ‘Investigating the Causes of the Current Labor Shortage in Romania’, The International Conference ‘The Risk in Contemporary Economy’ (‘Dunarea de Jos’ University. Faculty of Economics), 1(1), pp. 44–
52.

• You must also use at least 5 other sources that you select yourself.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: • You must not focus on just one country or workplace, but you may use specific countries or workplaces as examples.

Introduction (suggested: 300 words).
Findings (suggested: 1200 words, split into 4 300-word subsections. The first subsection 
should relate to your degree).
Conclusion (suggested: 150 words).
Recommendations (suggested: 350 words. Include 3 recommendations).


ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Your grade is split into four categories: Task Fulfilment (40% of your grade), Structure, Use of Sources and Language (each worth 20% of your grade). Each category assesses different aspects of your work, as explained below:
Task Fulfilment (40%) • Relevance: Your report should stay on topic. It should not contain any information that does 
not help answer the report task.
• Report section function: Each section of the report should fulfil its function by following
report-writing conventions and doing what the reader expects. Your ideas should be in the 
appropriate report section (e.g. you should not make recommendations in the Findings). 
• Analysis: Your report should be analytical, not just descriptive. For example, you could consider the consequences and limitations of the ideas you include. 
Structure (20%) • Order of ideas: Your ideas should be in a logical order, and the same idea should not be 
repeated multiple times (although you may refer to ideas you have previously discussed).
• Paragraph structure: Your paragraphs should follow the structure discussed in your APS 
lectures. Each paragraph should have only one main idea, which should be made clear in its 
topic sentence. This idea should be well supported (e.g. with explanation or examples). 
• Cohesive devices: You should use cohesive devices (e.g. “therefore”, “however”) to show 
the links between your ideas. You should make logical choices about when to do this and 
which cohesive devices to use.

You should use a large range of sources. Your sources should be complex, thorough, academic and reliable. It should be clear how your source evidence supports your ideas and links to the report task. Your sources must not be earlier than 2018

Your paraphrases and summaries should be frequent and easy to understand. You should use your own words. The meaning of the original source should remain clear. You may include direct quotations, but only when appropriate.

You should reference all information from sources accurately.  our citations and reference list should follow the conventions of Harvard referencing, as explained here: https://www.citethemrightonline.com.

Your vocabulary should be varied and relevant to the report topic. You should use a wide range of grammatical structures. • Accuracy: Your language use should be accurate and natural, with as few errors as possible. Your writing should be easy to understand and should not cause strain (confusion) for the reader. 

• Academic style: Your writing should follow the conventions of academic style. You should avoid personal language, idioms, emotional language,informal language, rhetorical questions and contractions. Your writing should be precise. 

Students are expected to demonstrate relevant skills and competencies; to be articulate in expressing ideas orally; and to be coherent and structured in terms of written or other media. Forms of expression at this level may be descriptive or imitative, but students are expected to demonstrate an increasing understanding of the theoretical background of their study and the analytic competence to explore it, as well as its relationship, where appropriate, to particular skills. Students are expected to develop an awareness of strengths and weaknesses in their skill sets


Below is a detailed and comprehensive structure for the report
I. Introduction (300 words)
A. Definition of labour shortages
B. Importance of addressing labour shortages in the global economy
C. Aim of the report

II. Findings (1200 words)

A. Economic factors contributing to labour shortages (300 words)
1. Wage stagnation and inequality
2. Impact of globalisation
3. Unemployment and underemployment

B. Demographic factors contributing to labour shortages (300 words)
1. Aging populations
2. Low birth rates
3. Migration patterns

C. Educational and skills factors contributing to labour shortages (300 words)
1. Mismatch between education and employer needs
2. Availability and accessibility of vocational training and apprenticeship programs
3. Impact of technological advancements and automation

D. Legislative and policy factors contributing to labour shortages (300 words)
1. Labour market regulations and policies
2. Immigration policies and restrictions
3. Investments in human capital development

III. Conclusion (150 words)
A. Recap of main findings
B. Importance of multidimensional approach to address labour shortages

IV. Recommendations (350 words)

A. Recommendation 1: Strengthening vocational education and training systems (VET) (approx. 120 words)
1. Importance of skills development in reducing labour shortages
2. Collaboration between governments, employers, and educational institutions
3. Examples of successful VET systems and initiatives

B. Recommendation 2: Reforming immigration policies (approx. 115 words)
1. Importance of attracting skilled migrants to address labour shortages
2. Benefits of flexible immigration policies and targeted migration programs
3. Examples of countries with effective immigration policies addressing labour shortages

C. Recommendation 3: Investing in human capital development (approx. 115 words)
1. Significance of lifelong learning and re-skilling opportunities
2. Support for work-life balance and employee well-being
3. Examples of initiatives and policies promoting human capital development





Rewrite the structure checking if the above structure answers the following questions well. If it doesnt, rewrite t ensure it answers all the questions in addition to it.

Use PEEL writing structure all over

Introduction:
6.How many paragraphs are there in the introduction? 

7.Does the introduction include a definition? If so, where does this definition come from? 

8.Where does the student say what the aims of the report are? 

9.Does the statement of aims mention the recommendations? 

Activity 3: The Findings
10.Is the Findings section divided into clear subsections? 

11.How many subtitles does each subsection have? 

12.Are all the subsections a similar length? 

13.Are the paragraphs in the first subsection  well-structured? How do you know? 

14.Is the paragraph in the second subsection well-structured? How do you know? 

15.Are the paragraphs in the third subsection well-structured? How do you know? 

18.Do all the Findings subsections use academic style? 

Activity 4: The Conclusion Recommendations
:
19.Does the conclusion include all the key points from the Findings section? 

20.Does the conclusion add any new information? 

Recommendations:
21.Does the first sentence make it clear what the section’s purpose is? 

22.How many recommendations are there? 

23.Are the recommendations supported with source evidence? 

24.Do all the recommendations have subtitles? 

25.Do the subtitles make it clear what is being recommended? 

26.How many bullet points does each recommendation use? 

27.Look at the first recommendation. Is it effective? Why? 

28.Look at the second recommendation. Is it effective? Why? 

29.Do the recommendations link to ideas discussed in the Findings?