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Synchronist Supplemental Workforce Survey

Synchronist Supplemental Workforce Survey. Summary. Conducted from July 2013 to October 2013 Companies throughout the seven county region known as Iowa’s Creative Corridor 43 companies took part Represent 9,000+ jobs in Iowa’s Creative Corridor. Companies Participating.

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Synchronist Supplemental Workforce Survey

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  1. Synchronist Supplemental Workforce Survey

  2. Summary • Conducted from July 2013 to October 2013 • Companies throughout the seven county region known as Iowa’s Creative Corridor • 43 companies took part • Represent 9,000+ jobs in Iowa’s Creative Corridor

  3. Companies Participating AccionaWindpower Alliant Energy Apache CarePro Health Services Centro, Inc. CIPCO CIVCO Medical Solutions CompleWare Corporation Economy Advertising Company ESP International Frontier Natural Products GDIT GEICO IDx LLC Infinity Contact Innovative Software Engineering Iowa Bridge & Culvert, LC IowaWORKS Leepfrog MediRevv Mercer Mercy Hospital

  4. Companies Participating Metro Wire and Cable Midamar Corporation Midwest Metal Products MidWestOne Bank Mount Mercy University MSI Mold Builders NIS, Inc. Nordstrom Procter & Gamble/Oral B Procter & Gamble Beauty Plant Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Robert Half Technology SDW Consulting Sedgwick CMS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Stamats Communications, Inc. TrueNorth United Fire Group University of Iowa Foundation WCHC West Music Company

  5. Q2: In the past year at your facility, how many new hires were:

  6. Q 6, 7 and 8: Of the 827 salaried, executive and management level hires: • Approximately 21%are from outside the area • Approximately 25%are recent grads (associate, 2 year, 4 year, professional, or technical college degree or certification) • Approximately 7%were non-Caucasian

  7. Q4: At this time, how many unfilled positions in your company

  8. Q35: What basic skills/knowledge gaps do job applicants have in your industry

  9. Q 6, 7, 8: Which position(s) are you having the biggest difficulty hiring?

  10. Q 9 & 10: Do you anticipate the % of new hires from outside the area will:

  11. Q 9 & 10: Do you anticipate the % of recent college grads you hire will be

  12. Q11: How difficult is it to attract candidates from OUTSIDE the region?

  13. Q12: How challenging are these factors when recruiting In the past three years, the top challenging factors for recruiting talent from OUTSIDE of Iowa’s Creative Corridor have stayed the same: 1. Perception of area 2. Opportunities for spouse/partner 3. Salary 4. Cost of living

  14. Q13: What have you found to be your best strategy for attracting talent?

  15. Q 16 & 17: Top 3 reasons salaried and management level employees leave

  16. Q 16 & 17: Top 3 reasons hourly, contract, temp employees leave • Compensation • New Opportunity • Shift/hours

  17. Q21: How challenging is it to retain workers from OUTSIDE the area

  18. Q25: Does your organization have an internship program?

  19. Q26: In the past year, approximately how many interns have you had?

  20. Q28: Rate the characteristics of the interns at your organization

  21. Q27: What are the benefits of an internship program

  22. Q29: Over the next 3 years, do you anticipate the use of interns to be:

  23. Q30: What Iowa schools for interns?

  24. Q31: What external schools for interns? • Schools listed alphabetically • University of Illinois • Michigan State • University of Minnesota • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN) • Stanford • Wake Forest • Washington University • University of Wisconsin

  25. Q32: What challenges do you attribute to internship programs?

  26. Q41: Over the next year, what will you focus on most regarding workforce?

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