Employer One Survey: Agriculture

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SPOTLIGHT ON AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW Healthcare/Social Ass.

Arts/Ent./Recreation

16 agriculture-related firms in Grand Erie identified their workforce needs in this year’s EmployerOne survey. Agricultural businesses are key to our rural economy. This report summarizes the results from agriculture, 8% of all survey responses.

2015 Manufacturing

Agriculture/Forestry...

Transportation

Accomm./Food

Survey Key Findings

Admin & Support

Agricultural employers are facing challenges competing for workers 88% of employers hired in 2014 and 29% had hard-to-fill positions 69% plan to hire in 2015 – down 20% from last year’s results 25% of the agricultural workforce is temporary, and 40% is part-time

Agriculture Sector Profile SURVEY RESPONDENTS

GRAND ERIE’S WORKFORCE

Mostly small and medium-sized businesses completed the survey

69% employ fewer

13%

are start-up companies

than 25 people

25%

31%

employ 25-99 people

are growth companies

25% of employees

40% of employees

There are fewer youth than the general workforce (8%)

are temporary

are part-time

55

One-third of employees are over 55

Recruitment TOP RECRUITMENT METHODS

1 Word-of-mouth 2 Online job boards/postings 3 Government/community job centres

HOW?

Employers rarely used a paid recruitment agency (7%)

Employers usually recruit for local talent, but sometimes look outside Grand Erie for farm labourers, managers, and fishermen

Hiring Trends HOW MANY?

WHO? Top job hires:

14 employers filled

102

positions

72 8

general labourers packers/shippers

Other common hires: tourism and marketing administration and clerical managers and supervisors


Retention Challenges WHO SEPARATED? 11 employers experienced

212

separations

REASON FOR SEPARATION

97

122 general labourers made up

most of the separations, usually due to temporary layoffs and seasonal work

Other (e.g. seasonal work)

86 24 5

Hard-to-Fill Jobs

29%

OF EMPLOYERS HAD A HARD-TO-FILL POSITION had a 1 4 employers shortage of skilled

in

labourers in farming, fishing and butchery in the Grand Erie region

WHY?

Employers had concerns they were losing workers to other businesses because of the nature of work and wages

OF EMPLOYERS SUPPORTED ONGOING TRAINING

However, 90% of supporting employers funded training

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Applicants not meeting motivation, attitude or interpersonal abilities

Training

63% Agriculture was the least likely sector to offer support

Retired

Quit

Laid off temporarily

Top training challenges:

1 Losing trained employees to other businesses Loss of productivity during training time

2

2

Not enough applicants

3

Applicants not meeting skills

37% OF EMPLOYERS COULD NOT. WHY?

1 Cost of training 2 Loss of productivity during training time 3 Unfamiliar with available training

Education Minimum level of education that companies require for new hires:

UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OR TRADE CERTIFICATE

HIGH SCHOOL OR EQUIVALENT

ngineers and accountants (100% of firms) E Skilled trades (87% of firms) Production occupations (100% of firms) Managers and executives (33% of firms) Administrative and clerical (29% of firms) Service occupations (83% of firms) Technical (28% of firms) Sales and marketing (25% of firms) Apprentices (80% of firms)

For more information about EmployerOne or to sign up for next year’s survey (January 2016), contact the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie.

1100 Clarence Street South, Suite 101, Box 12, Brantford, ON N3S 7N8 Phone: 519-756-1116 Fax: 519-756-4663 www.workforceplanningboard.org admin@workforceplanningboard.org

This Employment Ontario project is funded by the Ontario Government


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