Business Survey Report

Which of the following knowledge areas are most important when thinking about the future people needs in your business?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how easy is it to recruit people with the required knowledge for your business?

Which type of qualifications do you think are best for equipping candidates with the right knowledge for your organisation?

Where would you usually look for people with the knowledge required for your business?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the knowledge required for your business (reason for most favourable)?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the knowledge required for your business (reason for least favourable)?

Which of the following skills are most important when thinking about future people needs in your business?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how easy is it to recruit people with the required skills for your business?

Which type of qualifications do you think are best for equipping candidates with the right skills for your organisation?

Where would you usually look for people with the skills required for your business?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the skills required for your business (reason for most favourable)?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the skills required for your business (reason for least favourable)?

Which of the following behaviours are most important when thinking about future people needs in your business?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how easy is it to recruit people with the right behaviours for your business?

Which type of qualifications do you think are best for equipping candidates with the right behaviours for your organisation?

Where would you usually look for people with the behaviours required for your business?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the behaviours required for your business (reason for most favourable)?

What is the main driver of the preferences when looking for people with the behaviours required for your business (reason for least favourable)?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is having people with the right knowledge to the success of your business?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is having people with the right skills to the success of your business?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is having people with the right behaviours to the success of your business?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is being able to recruit people who have the right knowledge (as opposed to them having to develop this once with your business)?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is being able to recruit people who have the right skills for your business (as opposed to having to develop them once with your business)?

How important on a scale of 1 to 10 is being able to recruit people who have the right behaviours for your business (as opposed to having to develop them once with your business)?

How confident are you that you have the digital knowledge and skills in your business to meet your needs over the following periods?

How confident on a scale of 1-10 are you that you understand the digital developments that will impact your business over the following periods?

For the following list of digital skills and knowledges, what level do you think is important for your business to have?

Approximately what proportion of your staff regularly work with each of the following?

How confident on a scale of 1-10 are you that you understand the environmental or green developments that will impact your business over the following periods?

How confident are you that you have the environmental or green knowledge and skills in your business to meet your needs over the following periods?

On a scale of 1-10, how important do you consider the following aspects 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?

Over what time period do you typically plan when considering investment in workforce training and development?

How well do publicly funded courses currently meet your business need for Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours?

On a scale of 1-10, how well do you understand what is available as part of the following courses and training solutions?

Thinking about existing employees, what is your preference when considering accessing training courses?

When thinking about existing employees, how comfortable on a scale of 1 (very uncomfortable) - 10 (completely fine) are you with training courses that last for the following durations?

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?

Over what time period do you typically plan when recruiting new employees?

How confident on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) are you that you will be able to recruit the people you need to meet your business ambitions over the next?

How confident on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) are you that education and training providers in Leicester and Leicestershire understand the people needs of your organisation?

How confident on a scale of 1 to 10 are you that the education and training available in Leicester and Leicestershire will provide you with the people you need to meet your business ambitions over the next?

How have your confidence levels changed over the past 12 months?

How confident on a scale of 1-10 would you feel in approaching the following organisations to ask for support on staff training and development?

Of the following factors, which would you consider the most important in deciding whether you would engage 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 to your business?

In principle, would you be willing to offer work placements for 16-18 year old students in subjects related to your business?

What, if anything, would encourage you to offer a longer work placement of 6 weeks plus to 16-18 year olds?

We asked about attitudes and approaches to offering work placements. What would be the main barriers to offering a work placement?