The following report uses data taken from the business surveys carried out by the Chamber as a part of LSIP project. This daily survey asks businesses a series of questions on key indicators - Confidence, Investment, Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviour.
Which of the following knowledge areas are most important when thinking about the future people needs?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the required knowledge?
1 - not easy at all, 10 - very easy
Which type of qualifications are best for equipping candidates with the right knowledge?
Where would you usually look for people with the knowledge required?
What is the most favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essential knowledge?
What is the least favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essential knowledge?
Which of the following skills are most important when thinking about future people needs?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the required skills?
1 - not easy at all, 10 - very easy
Which type of qualifications are best for equipping candidates with the right skills?
Where would you usually look for people with the skills required?
What is the most favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essential skills?
What is the least favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essentiaL skills?
Which of the following behaviours are most important when thinking about future people needs?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the right behaviours?
1 - not easy at all, 10 - very easy
Which type of qualifications are best for equipping candidates with the right behaviours?
Where would you usually look for people with the behaviours required?
What is the most favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essential behaviours?
What is the least favourable driver of the preferences when looking for people with the essential behaviours?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is having people with the right knowledge to the success of your business?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is having people with the right skills to the success of your business?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is having people with the right behaviours to the success of your business?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the right knowledge?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the right skills?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is it to recruit people with the right behaviours?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that you have the digital knowledge and skills to meet your needs over following periods?
On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you that you understand the digital developments that will impact your business over the following periods?
What level do you think is important for your business to have for following digital skill and knowledge?
Approximately what proportion of your staff regularly work with each of the following?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that you have the environmental or green knowledge and skills to meet your needs over following periods?
On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you that you understand the environmental or green developments that will impact your business over the following periods?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important do you consider the following aspect of environmental or green knowledge and skills to be for your workplace?
In which part of your organisations operations do you think environmental or green skills are most important?
When considering investment in workforce training and development, over what time period do you typically plan?
How well do publicly funded courses meet your business need for knowledge, skills and behaviours?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how well do you understand what is available as part of the following course and training solution?
Thinking about existing employees, how comfortable on a scale of 1 to 10 are you with training courses that last for the following durations?
Thinking about existing employees, what is your preference when considering accessing training courses?
What proportion of total cost do you think the employer should cover when investing in the training and development of new recruits (in %)?
What proportion of total cost do you think the employer should cover when investing in the training and development of their existing workforce (in %)?
If you dont think the employer should pay for the full amount, how should the remainder of the cost be paid?
When recruiting new employees, over what time period do you typically plan?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that you can recruit the people you need over the next?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that local education and training providers understand the people needs of your organisation?
1 - not at all confident; 10 - very confident
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you that education and training locally will provide the people you need over the next?
How have your confidence levels changed over the past 12 months?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident would you feel in approaching following organisation to ask for staff training and development support?
Of the following factors, which would you consider the most important in deciding your engagement with a local Further Education College or University for knowledge, skills or behaviours training?
When thinking about existing employees, how aware are you of the relevant training offer of the following Further Education Colleges and Universities?
In principle, would you be willing to offer work placements for 16-18 year old students in subjects related to your business?
What would encourage you to offer a longer work placement of 6 weeks plus to 16-18 year olds?
What would be the main barriers in offering a work placement?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how well do you understand the following about T-levels?
On a scale of 1-10, how well do you understand the following about Apprenticeships?