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Achieving Business Results through Literacy and Education: A local snapshot! Meg Poag, Executive Director. PO Box 41567 Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 320-4505 www.willread.org [email protected]. Work-Based Education Employer Needs Assessment. Focused on the following industries - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Achieving Business Results through Literacy and Education:
A local snapshot!
Meg Poag, Executive Director
PO Box 41567Austin, Texas 78704
(512) 320-4505www.willread.org
Work-Based EducationEmployer Needs Assessment
• Focused on the following industries– Manufacturing– Professional and technical services– Retail trade, including grocery stores– Health care– Information technology
• 48 employers submitted responses
Responses regarding prospective workers…
Are you having difficulty filling jobs due to. . .
• Lack of English-language literacy skills: 56.7% Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics in English
• Lack of soft skills: 50.0%Participating as a team member, teaching others, serving clients or customers, negotiation
• Lack of technical skills: 50.0% Using machines and/or computers to monitor or perform tasks
• Lack of basic education/literacy skills: 43.3%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics
Would it be useful to have pre-employment training?
76.2
23.8
0
20
40
60
80
100
Yes(n = 32)
No(n = 10)
Responses regarding incumbent workers…
What kinds of training would benefit your current employees?
• Soft skills: 73.7%Participating as a team member, teaching others, serving clients or customers, negotiation
• English-language literacy skills: 57.9% Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics in English
• Technical skills: 52.6% Using machines and/or computers to monitor or perform tasks
• Basic literacy skills: 42.1%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics
Employer Need + Values
Which statements are true about your company? (Top 5 Responses)
Employer Needs
Good Communication Skills for front-line workers.
Front-line workers are in key customer contact roles.
Employer Values
General training philosophy.
Internal promotions in hiring practices.
Tuition reimbursement program in place.
Common Ground: Opportunities to address
employer needs.
To what extent would you be willing to invest in training?
• Offer classes during work hours: 76.0%
• Paying an organization to provide classes or training for employees: 60.0%
• Providing child care for classes: 4.0%
• Transportation to the classes: 8.0%
Consider the possibilities…
Challenge: Consider ways you could collaborate to address the workforce education needs in Central Texas.
–No matter how BIG or small!