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Business Retention Program <br />March 16, 1995 <br />Part I Summary <br />Total of 108 companies completed Survey Part I. <br />3. Sixty three percent (68) of the companies are corporate headquarters. <br />Market Area Analysis: <br />7. Only six percent are involved in international sales with fifty one <br />percent having 100% of their sales in the twin cities metro. <br />_Enyment Analysis:: <br />10. A small percentage of companies have a very difficult time recruiting <br />and retaining employees in all of the categories. Service and <br />Technical/Skilled Labor had the highest percentage of difficulty in <br />recruiting with Services, by far, the highest percentage in retaining. <br />The breakdown is listed below. <br />Employment Category <br />Difficulty <br />Recruiting <br />3 <br />Difficulty <br />Retaining <br />0 <br />Scientist and Engineering <br />Other Professional <br />3 <br />1 <br />Managerial <br />3 <br />1 <br />Sales <br />2 <br />1 <br />Clerical <br />0 <br />0 <br />Services <br />6 <br />5 <br />Technical/Skilled Labor <br />6 <br />1 <br />Unskilled Labor <br />1 <br />2 <br />11.b Nine companies stated that there was difficulty in recruiting <br />employees due to the lack of skills and three noted the difficulty <br />in retaining due to lack of skills. <br />12. The following are skills that their employees are the weakest. <br />Technical/Computer, Customer Service, Reliability and Work Ethic, <br />Basic High School Reading and Writing, Professionalism, Motivation <br />and Productivity and Math. <br />13. Twenty Five percent of the companies are interested in learning more <br />about technical and community college training. <br />