1. Employer Questions

The Tri-County Business - Education Partnership in conjunction with the Tri-County Workforce Development Board is building a long-term plan to better link employers with the educational community.  Therefore, we need your input into what skill and job needs that you have now and into the future so that we can design appropriate programs. 
 
The Tri-County Business - Education Partnership is comprised of representatives from local businesses, education, labor unions, higher education, economic development, workforce development, and community-based organizations with the focus of building a business-education partnership program in the tri-county region. Through resource mapping, needs assessment, and strategic planning, partners in the local area will work to build a network to develop, implement, and continuously improve school-based, work-based and connecting activities driven by local partnership teams.
 
Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions.

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* 1. How many employees does your company have?

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* 2. What county are you located in?

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* 3. What Industry Sector is your company part of?

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* 4. Which skills are most important to your company in hiring new employees? (Choose 3)

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* 5. What positions are you currently hiring?

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* 6. What positions are most challenging for you to fill?

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* 7. What positions do you anticipating hiring in 5 years?

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* 8. What skills do you project you will need in 5 years?

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* 9. What specific training, certifications, degrees, etc. do you need for positions that you are planning to hire within the next 12 months? Examples include: LPNs, nursing assistants, drivers, mechanics, welding, CNC, robotics, etc.

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* 10. Does your company promote and hire from within which creates career pathways within your organization?

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* 11. Besides wages, what benefits does your company offer?

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* 12. Do you work with K-12 and/or higher education in any of the following capacities?  Check all that apply.

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* 13. Pennsylvania has identified the following high priority occupations for Butler, Armstrong, and Indiana Counties. Please check the occupations that you plan to hire within the next 5 years and indicate how many of the positions you anticipate hiring.

  Yes or No Number of Positions Average Starting Wage Per Hour
Accountants & Auditors
Advertising Sales Agents
Automotive Body & Related Repairers
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics
Biological Technicians
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Brickmasons & Blockmasons
Bus & Truck Mechanics
Butchers & Meat Cutters
Cardiovascular Technologists & Technicians
Cargo & Freight Agents
Carpenters
Cement Masons &Concrete Finishers
Chefs & Head Cooks
Chemical Equipment Operators & Tenders
Civil Engineers
CNC Machine Tool Operators and Programmers
Computer Network Support Specialists
Computer Programmers
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer User Support Specialists
Construction Laborers
Customer Service Representatives
Dental Assistants
Dental Hygienists
Dispatchers
Driver/Sales Workers
Electricians
Electronics Engineers
EMTs/Paramedics
Financial Analysts
Health Educators
Healthcare Social Workers
Heating, A/C& Refrigeration Mechanics & Installers
Heavy & Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers
Hotel, Motel, & Resort desk Clerks
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers & Weighers
Licensed Practical Nurses
Light Truck or Deliver Drivers
Logisticians
Machinists
Maintenance & Repair Workers
Market Research Analysts & Marketing Specialists
Mechanical Engineers
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians & Technologists
Medical Assistants
Medical Records & Health Information Technicians
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Workers
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators & Tenders
Network & Computer Systems Administrators
Nurse Practitioners
Nursing Assistants
Office Clerks, General
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators
Pharmacists
Pharmacy Technicians
Phlebotomists
Physical Therapist Assistants
Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
Production, Planning & Expediting Clerks
Purchasing Agents
Radiologic Technologists
Registered Nurses
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil & Gas
Roustabouts, Oil & Gas
Sales Managers
Sales Representatives
Secretaries
Sheet Metal Workers
Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks
Social & Community Service Managers
Social Workers
Software Developers
Structural Iron & Steel Workers
Substance Abuse & Behavioral Disorder Counselors
Supervisors
Surgical Technologists
Telecommunications Line Installers & Repairers
Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazers

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* 14. Please provide information so that we may contact you if needed.

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