Victorian Employer Increased workload for other staff Western Metro Region: 63% Victoria: 61% Skills and Training Increased operating Survey 2017 Western Metro Region: 47% Victoria: 44% Western Metro Poorer quality of service/products Western Metro Region: 37% Over 12,100 employers responded to the skills Victoria: 38% and training component of the Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey in 2017. Challenges Of these, 2,420 were from the Western Metro region. Employers report that skills are important Managing the skills of the workforce to productivity, but many are facing challenges filling jobs and finding the right applicants with the right skills. These challenges are faced both Employers reported that recruitment was now, and are expected to continue into the challenging due to candidates not having the future. However, a high proportion of employers required skills or being job ready. that access training to improve the skills of their workforce report a positive impact on productivity More than a quarter of employers saw the need and return on investment. to improve the skills of existing staff. The statistics below reflect the experience of Finding people with the right skills employers from the Western Metro region Western Metro Region: 54% compared to the overall Victorian average. Victoria: 53% Productivity Finding job ready candidates Western Region: 33% Victoria: 33% Skills are important to productivity Training staff to keep skills up to date Businesses found that a lack of skills had a Western Metro Region: 27% medium to high impact on workplace Victoria: 27% productivity. Recruitment challenges High impact Western Metro Region: 28% Employers faced recruitment challenges Victoria: 28% because potential candidates did not have the required experience and lacked job specific Medium impact skills. Western Metro Region: 57% Victoria: 53% Agreed were difficult to fill Western Region: 56% Low impact Victoria: 54% Western Metro Region: 11% Victoria: 16% Lacked relevant experience Western Metro Region: 58% Impact of insufficient workforce skills Victoria: 55% A lack of skills can increase the workload for Lacked technical / job specific skills other staff, affect operating costs and result in Western Metro Region: 54% poorer quality of service/products.
Victorian Employer Skills and Training Survey 2017 Western Metro Over 12,100 employers responded to the skills and training component of the Victorian Employer Satisfaction and Skills Survey in 2017. Of these, 2,420 were from the Western 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 Western Metro region compared to the overall Victorian average. Productivity Skills are important to productivity Businesses found that a lack of skills had a medium to high impact on workplace productivity. High impact Western Metro Region: 28% Victoria: 28% Medium impact Western Metro Region: 57% Victoria: 53% Low impact Western Metro Region: 11% Victoria: 16% Impact of insufficient workforce skills A lack of skills can increase the workload for other staff, affect operating costs and result in poorer quality of service/products. Increased workload for other staff Western Metro Region: 63% Victoria: 61% Increased operating Western Metro Region: 47% Victoria: 44% Poorer quality of service/products Western Metro Region: 37% 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. More than a quarter of employers saw the need to improve the skills of existing staff. Finding people with the right skills Western Metro Region: 54% Victoria: 53% Finding job ready candidates Western Region: 33% Victoria: 33% Training staff to keep skills up to date Western Metro Region: 27% Victoria: 27% Recruitment challenges Employers faced recruitment challenges because potential candidates did not have the required experience and lacked job specific skills. Agreed were difficult to fill Western Region: 56% Victoria: 54% Lacked relevant experience Western Metro Region: 58% Victoria: 55% Lacked technical / job specific skills Western Metro Region: 54%
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