This survey's purpose is to gain insight on perception of the local labor market and specific business needs in order to better serve the business community. All responses will remain confidential, and be analyzed in the aggregate only.

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* 1. Please identify your business.

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* 2. Please identify your business' industry.

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* 3. What is the total number of employees at this facility?

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* 4. What is the average age of employees at this facility?

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* 5. How would you rate the following:

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the availability of workers in the area
the quality of the workforce in the area
the stability of the workforce in the area
the productivity in this facility

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* 6. What does your company view as the primary reason(s) it might have difficulty filling jobs in the future?

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* 7. Approximately what percentage of full-time employees are heads of households?

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* 8. Are projected employment needs for this facility:

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* 9. Is the number of unfilled positions:

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* 10. What is the approximate number of unfilled positions today?

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* 11. What positions are most difficult to fill and why?

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* 12. What benefits does your business provide?

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* 13. For what category of workers are benefits provided?

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* 14. What percentage of health benefits are covered by the employer?

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* 15. Does your company provide on-the-job or external training?

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* 16. If you do not utilize external training, would you like information about potential training providers?

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* 17. Is company investment in employee training:

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* 18. What are the most important and desired credentials (i.e., certificates, degrees, licenses, ACE, MLR, AST, MAST, etc) for each of these categories of workers?

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* 19. Is your business interested in participating in upcoming regional sector framework development efforts or learning more about available credentialing/applicant sourcing?

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