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ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LABOR PROGRAM

• The program is a community tool for existing and prospective businesses to learn community workforce attributes

• The Quality of Labor survey responses are confidential and are only reported in aggregate

• The findings show existing employers perspectives at one point in time• A third party independent consultant is used for aggregate reporting and

administration• Measurements used in the program are based on a 1 to 5 scale, 5 represents a high

score• Existing employers and potential employers initially evaluate workforce skill,

workforce availability and wages• There are four primary areas of the survey program: 12 quality and 12 skill

characteristics, wage data, and fringe benefit information (not collected by any other source)

• There is other important information consisting of average age of employees, shift differential, commuting distances, and other attributes of business and workforce issues

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ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LABOR PROGRAM (CONT)

• A total of 95 surveys were sent out and 22 responses were received• The results of the survey are statistically significant and accurately

represent workforce impressions of existing employers in Franklin County• 86% of the respondents were manufacturers with an average of 91

employees• In the formal report(s) it shows the report date of December 2012 which

represents when the survey was administered. The report release date is February of 2013

• A recommendation to local developers: incorporate the desired information in the report(s) into your community’s website and/or location information so it shows in your community’s formatted information for continuity of look.

• Communities will want to show it was conducted and administered by a third party independent source, Growth Services Group, Jefferson City, Missouri.

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WORKFORCE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS

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APPLICATIONS TO FILL POSITIONS

If your company had five vacant positions to fill, how many qualified applicants would your company have to review?

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WORKFORCE SKILL CHARACTERISTICS

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BENEFITS

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WAGE RATE COMPARISONS

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QUALITY AND SKILL FINDINGS

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EMPLOYMENT

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EDUCATION

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MANUFACTURERS QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS

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MANUFACTURERS SKILL CHARACTERISTICS

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APPLICATIONS TO FILL POSITIONS

If your company had five vacant positions to fill, how many qualified applicants would your company have to review?

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THANK YOU

Thank you for the opportunity to present the Franklin County Quality of Labor Results to the Washington 353 Redevelopment Corporation. Please feel free to

contact me with any additional questions you may have.

If you would like copies of both reports or an individual report, I will be glad to email you. Please leave me your business card indicating the report(s) you

would like to receive.

Mike ChellBusiness Development ExecutiveAmeren Economic Development

PO Box 66149, MC 350St. Louis, MO 63166Phone: 314-554-2375

Email: mchell@ameren.com