> On the other hand, it's already now hard to find people for almost any kind of work.

Why is it hard? Can't find a pick from the ~3% unemployment rate? That's approx 100-200k people, are you sure you can't find a person in that selection?

Maybe you're asking a bit much for standards that you are weakly attempting at a defense or justification.

This argument without any other qualifications reads to me as whinging that you're not getting everything you want. So lower your standards, offer more pay, or just move to a different country.