Victorian Employer Victoria: 61% Increased operating costs Skills and Training Regional Victoria: 47% Victoria: 44% Survey 2017 Poorer quality of service/products Regional Victoria: 42% Regional Victoria Victoria: 38% Barwon South West, Gippsland, Challenges Grampians, Hume and Loddon Mallee Over 12,100 employers responded to the skills and Managing the skills of the workforce training component of the Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey in 2017. Of these, 4,506 Employers reported that recruitment was challenging were from Regional Victoria. Employers report that due to candidates not having the required skills or skills are important to productivity, but many are facing being job ready. challenges filling jobs and finding the right applicants with the right skills. These challenges are expected to continue into the future. Over a quarter of employers saw the need to improve the skills of existing staff. A high proportion of employers that access training to improve the skills of their workforce report improved Finding people with the skills productivity and a positive return on investment. Regional Victoria: 51% Victoria: 53% The statistics below reflect the experience of employers in Regional Victoria compared to the overall Finding job ready candidates Victorian average. Regional Victoria: 35% Victoria: 33% Productivity Training staff to keep skills up to date Regional Victoria: 27% Skills are important to productivity Victoria: 27% Businesses found that a lack of skills had a medium Recruitment challenges impact on workplace productivity. Employers faced recruitment challenges due to fewer High impact applicants, and applicants that lacked relevant Regional Victoria: 22% experience and skills. Victoria: 28% Agreed roles were difficult to fill Medium impact Regional Victoria: 54% Regional Victoria: 52% Victoria: 54% Victoria: 53% Few applicants Low impact Regional Victoria: 55% Regional Victoria: 22% Victoria: 46% Victoria: 16% Lacked relevant experience Impact of insufficient workforce skills Regional Victoria: 49% Victoria: 55% A lack of skills can increase workload for other staff, drive up operating costs, and compromise the quality Lacked technical/job specific skills of service/products. Regional Victoria: 44% Victoria: 50% Increased workload for other staff Regional Victoria: 68%
Victorian Employer Skills and Training Survey 2017 Regional Victoria Barwon South West, Gippsland, Grampians, Hume and Loddon Mallee Over 12,100 employers responded to the skills and training component of the Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey in 2017. Of these, 4,506 were from Regional Victoria. Employers report that skills are important to productivity, but many are facing challenges filling jobs and finding the right applicants with the right skills. These challenges are expected to continue into the future. A high proportion of employers that access training to improve the skills of their workforce report improved productivity and a positive return on investment. The statistics below reflect the experience of employers in Regional Victoria compared to the overall Victorian average. Productivity Skills are important to productivity Businesses found that a lack of skills had a medium impact on workplace productivity. High impact Regional Victoria: 22% Victoria: 28% Medium impact Regional Victoria: 52% Victoria: 53% Low impact Regional Victoria: 22% Victoria: 16% Impact of insufficient workforce skills A lack of skills can increase workload for other staff, drive up operating costs, and compromise the quality of service/products. Increased workload for other staff Regional Victoria: 68% Victoria: 61% Increased operating costs Regional Victoria: 47% Victoria: 44% Poorer quality of service/products Regional Victoria: 42% Victoria: 38% Challenges Managing the skills of the workforce Employers reported that recruitment was challenging due to candidates not having the required skills or being job ready. Over a quarter of employers saw the need to improve the skills of existing staff. Finding people with the skills Regional Victoria: 51% Victoria: 53% Finding job ready candidates Regional Victoria: 35% Victoria: 33% Training staff to keep skills up to date Regional Victoria: 27% Victoria: 27% Recruitment challenges Employers faced recruitment challenges due to fewer applicants, and applicants that lacked relevant experience and skills. Agreed roles were difficult to fill Regional Victoria: 54% Victoria: 54% Few applicants Regional Victoria: 55% Victoria: 46% Lacked relevant experience Regional Victoria: 49% Victoria: 55% Lacked technical/job specific skills Regional Victoria: 44% Victoria: 50%
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