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Illinois Workforce Survey -- HR Professionals, we need your help!

2022 Illinois Life Sciences Industry Survey for HR Professionals

We need your help on this confidential 7-minute survey. In the interest of removing barriers to entry in technical fields, iBIO, Northwestern University, and Waubonsee Community College have partnered to determine how to design and support a life sciences ecosystem with intentional focus on equitable talent development. By completing this survey you will provide critical information that will help us develop programs and resources to reduce those barriers to entry. 

Please carefully review and respond to the following survey questions with regard to your technical workforce. Your input will provide important data to guide the development of educational programs that will produce the highly skilled workforce our life sciences community requires. This will also help us to better showcase the area’s strengths, develop resources and alliances to further the industry, and attract talent to the region.

All responses are confidential. No individual company data will be identified in survey reporting
1.RESPONDENT DETAILS
2.Company Details
3.Which of the following applies to this location?
4.Total number of employees at the Illinois location:
5.Please indicate the category/industry sector/s which best describe/s your company? (select all that apply)
6.In the next 24 months will you need additional staff? 
7.How many employees do you anticipate adding to your technical workforce in the next 24 months? 
8.What are your greatest workforce needs in the next 24 months? Please indicate job categories your company will be hiring
9.What specific core competencies and training do you look for/require in potential technical job candidates?(Required.)
10.For this anticipated workforce, what level of education would you require?
11.How do you recruit your entry level workforce?
12.Does your company offer internship programs for seeking an Associate’s Degree, or Bachelor’s degree? 
13.If you do not currently offer internship programs, would you be interested in developing internship programs?
14.Does your company offer apprenticeship programs?
15.If you do not currently offer apprenticeship programs, would you be interested in developing one?
16.Have you needed to recruit workers for entry level positions from outside the region due to the quality and/or quantity of the available workforce in the last 12 months?
17.Do you fund relocation?
18.How frequently do you update job descriptions? 
19.What does the hiring process look like? Is there a job family or progressive career path for entry level workers? (I, II, III with descriptions of what you need to do to qualify for a bump which is a career path). Please describe.
20.Would you be willing to have a representative of your company serve in an advisory capacity to inform and influence regional life sciences workforce development efforts?
If ‘Yes’, please provide the name of the representative, and their email address:

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