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

Rochester Area Skill Needs Assessment and Business Climate Survey 14

Chart 18

Type of Education and Training Needed for Chronically Difficult to Fill Jobs - Health Care Related Respondents

Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience Master's degree First professional degree

Long-term on-the-job training Postsecondary non-degree award

Work experience in a related occupation Short-term on-the-job training Moderate-term on-the-job training

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

What are firms doing to fill the positions? When faced with these chronically difficult to fill positions, employers begin their search close to home and then look outward. They rarely look outside the region for workers. 71% of respondents indicated that they do not pay relocation expenses.

Chart 19

Where Do You Look? - All Respondents

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Post Internally

Advertise Locally

Public Agency

Reg'l Placement Firm

Nat'l Placement Firm

Job Website

Advertise Reg'ly

Advertise Nat'ly

Often Rarely Never

Could the skills gap be the result of not enough pay? When asked how much more they would have to pay to find the workers, over two-thirds of respondents indicated that an increase of 20% or less would be needed. This suggests that the “skills gap” is only partly a labor force problem and is also related to the competitive position of

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