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

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Q15 How much more would you have to pay to attract candidates for these difficult-to-fill positions?  Up to 20% (1)  20-50% (2)  More than 50% (3)  Workers with these skills are simply unavailable (4)

Q16 Do you pay relocation expenses for new hires in these difficult-to-fill positions?  Yes, when we find the right candidate (1)  Occasionally (2)

 No, low margins don’t allow this (3)  No, we only recruit local candidates (4)

Q17 What is the impact on your firm of having these positions unfilled? All the time (1) Often (2) Sometimes (3) Rarely (4)

Never (5)

Turn down business (1) Extend delivery schedule (2) Pay overtime to existing workers (3) Recruit/retain workers who would prefer to retire (4) Using internal resources to train existing

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