Firms that employ workers that require less than a 4-year degree were asked about difficulty finding qualified applicants who meet the organization’s hiring standards. The largest proportion of employers (45%) had little to no difficulty finding qualified applicants that require less than a 4-year degree, while 34 percent had difficulty” “Some and 21 percent had difficulty” finding qualified applicants. “Great Figure 14: Difficulty Finding Applicants that Require Less than a 4-Year Degree13 Some difficulty 34.5% Great Little to no difficulty difficulty 20.9% 44.6% Employers in the manufacturing industry were more likely to report difficulty” • “Great (45%) when compared to the agriculture industry (27%), building and design & transportation and logistics (21%), healthcare services (19%), retail & food and accommodation services (14%), and information and communications technologies industry (7%). DK/NA answers were omitted from this analysis 13
Firms that employ workers that require less than a 4-year degree were asked about difficulty finding qualified applicants who meet the organization’s hiring standards. The largest proportion of employers (45%) had little to no difficulty finding qualified applicants that require less than a 4-year degree, while 34 percent had “Some difficulty” and 21 percent had “Great difficulty” finding qualified applicants. Figure 14: Difficulty Finding Applicants that Require Less than a 4-Year Degree13 Some difficulty 34.5% Little to no difficulty 44.6% Great difficulty 20.9% • Employers in the manufacturing industry were more likely to report “Great difficulty” (45%) when compared to the agriculture industry (27%), building and design & transportation and logistics (21%), healthcare services (19%), retail & food and accommodation services (14%), and information and communications technologies industry (7%). 13 DK/NA answers were omitted from this analysis
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