Victorian Employer Loss of business to competitors Eastern Metro Region: 41% Victoria: 31% Satisfaction and Increased operating costs Skills Survey 2017 Eastern Metro Region: 40% Victoria: 44% Eastern Metro Challenges 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, 1,587 Employers reported that recruitment was challenging were from the Eastern Metro region. Employers report due to candidates not having the required skills or that skills are important to productivity, but many are being job ready. facing challenges filling jobs and finding the right applicants with the right skills. These challenges are faced both now, and are expected to continue into the More than a quarter of employers saw the need to future. However, a high proportion of employers that improve the skills of existing staff. access training to improve the skills of their workforce report a positive impact on productivity and return on Finding people with the right skills investment. Eastern Metro Region: 52% Victoria: 53% The statistics below reflect the experience of employers from the Eastern Metro region compared to Finding job ready candidates the overall Victorian average. Eastern Metro Region: 34% Victoria: 33% Productivity Training to keep skills up to date Eastern Metro Region: 28% Skills are important to productivity Victoria: 27% Businesses that a lack of skills had a medium to Recruitment challenges high impact on workplace productivity. Employers recruitment challenges because High impact potential candidates did not have the required job Eastern Metro Region: 34% specific and technical skills. Victoria: 28% Agreed roles were difficult to fill Medium impact Eastern Metro Region: 53% Eastern Metro Region: 46% Victoria: 54% Victoria: 53% Lacked technical / job specific skills Low impact Eastern Metro Region: 61% Eastern Metro Region: 17% Victoria: 50% Victoria: 16% Lacked relevant experience Impact of insufficient workforce skills Eastern Metro Region: 55% Victoria: 55% A lack of skills can increase the workload for other staff; result in a loss of business to competitors and Few applicants increase operating costs. Eastern Metro Region: 43% Victoria: 46% Increased workload for other staff Eastern Metro Region: 58% Victoria: 61%
Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey 2017 Eastern Metro Over 12,100 employers responded to the skills and training component of the Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey in 2017. Of these, 1,587 were from the Eastern Metro region. 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 faced both now, and are expected to continue into the future. However, a high proportion of employers that access training to improve the skills of their workforce report a positive impact on productivity and return on investment. The statistics below reflect the experience of employers from the Eastern Metro region compared to the overall Victorian average. Productivity Skills are important to productivity Businesses that a lack of skills had a medium to high impact on workplace productivity. High impact Eastern Metro Region: 34% Victoria: 28% Medium impact Eastern Metro Region: 46% Victoria: 53% Low impact Eastern Metro Region: 17% Victoria: 16% Impact of insufficient workforce skills A lack of skills can increase the workload for other staff; result in a loss of business to competitors and increase operating costs. Increased workload for other staff Eastern Metro Region: 58% Victoria: 61% Loss of business to competitors Eastern Metro Region: 41% Victoria: 31% Increased operating costs Eastern Metro Region: 40% Victoria: 44% 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. More than a quarter of employers saw the need to improve the skills of existing staff. Finding people with the right skills Eastern Metro Region: 52% Victoria: 53% Finding job ready candidates Eastern Metro Region: 34% Victoria: 33% Training to keep skills up to date Eastern Metro Region: 28% Victoria: 27% Recruitment challenges Employers recruitment challenges because potential candidates did not have the required job specific and technical skills. Agreed roles were difficult to fill Eastern Metro Region: 53% Victoria: 54% Lacked technical / job specific skills Eastern Metro Region: 61% Victoria: 50% Lacked relevant experience Eastern Metro Region: 55% Victoria: 55% Few applicants Eastern Metro Region: 43% Victoria: 46%
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