Rochester Area Skill Needs Assessment and Business Climate Survey, May 2014

Rochester Area Skill Needs Assessment and Business Climate Survey 11

Health Care Respondents More than half of the health care related respondents indicated they had at least one position that is chronically difficult to fill. The health care occupations in short supply are summarized in the graphic below:

Once again these positions in the graphic above were mapped into occupational groups. The following table summarizes what share of the estimated chronically difficult positions exist by category:

Table 5 Occupational Groups

Share of Positions

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

26% 25% 17%

Computer and Mathematical Occupations Personal Care and Service Occupations

Healthcare Support Occupations Sales and Related Occupations

9% 6% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1%

Office and Administrative Support Occupations Community and Social Services Occupations Business and Financial Operations Occupations Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Management Occupations Production Occupations

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

What training is required for these positions? CGR matched up the occupations with EMSI occupational data for the purpose of summarizing unfilled positions by skill level. Most of the persistently unfilled positions are in occupations that could be considered middle-skill which require some postsecondary education and training, but do not require a four year college degree. However, this estimation would be more reliable if the survey respondents were a representative cross-section of the economy, although we believe that these figures are credible.

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