SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTHCARE OVERVIEW
28 health and social service employers identified their workforce needs in this year’s EmployerOne survey. In Grand Erie, healthcare employs 11,000 people. This report summarizes the results from the healthcare sector, 14% of all survey responses.
2015 Educational Services
Healthcare/Social Ass.
Arts/Ent./Recreation
Survey Key Findings
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Forestry...
Transportation
Employment in healthcare is growing to support our aging population 89% of employers hired in 2014 and 52% had hard-to-fill positions 94% of the healthcare workforce is permanent, and 40% is part-time 93% of employers support ongoing training and education
Healthcare Sector Profile SURVEY RESPONDENTS
GRAND ERIE’S WORKFORCE
Small, medium and large organizations completed the survey
50% employ fewer
18%
are growth organizations
than 25 people
32% employ more
79%
are established organizations
than 99 people
94% of employees
There are fewer youth than the general workforce (10%)
are permanent
40% of employees
And fewer older employees (1%)
are part-time
Recruitment TOP RECRUITMENT METHODS
1 Online job boards 2 Word-of-mouth 3 Company’s own website
HOW?
Employers rarely used a paid recruitment agency (4%)
Employers usually recruit for local talent, but sometimes look outside Grand Erie for nurses, counsellors, and managers
Hiring Trends HOW MANY?
WHO? Top job hires:
25 employers filled
362
positions
132 53 21
support workers counsellors nurses
Other common hires: administration/clerical managers/supervisors therapists medical technologists
Accomm./F
Retention Challenges WHO SEPARATED?
REASON FOR SEPARATION
141
137 service workers made
20 employers experienced
up most of the separations, usually due to quitting but also retirements and other reasons
193
separations
OF EMPLOYERS HAD A HARD-TO-FILL POSITION
WHY?
Employers are facing challenges competing for workers due to pay and benefits
1
Not enough applicants
3
Applicants not meeting qualifications
OF EMPLOYERS COULD NOT. WHY?
Healthcare was the most likely sector to offer support flexibility 65% offered in work schedules
4
Applicants not meeting work experience
7%
OF EMPLOYERS SUPPORTED ONGOING TRAINING employers 92% ofprovided funding
2
Applicants not meeting skills
Training
93%
Retired
Other (e.g. maternity leave)
Hard-to-Fill Jobs
52% There was shortage of applicants for many positions, including nurses, service workers and counsellors
19
33
Quit
1
Cost of training
2
Loss of productivity during training time
3
Relevant training is not offered locally
Education Minimum level of education that employers require for new hires: (% of all employers)
UNIVERSITY Professionals (84%) Managers and executives (70%) Technical (50%)
COLLEGE OR TRADE CERTIFICATE
Skilled trades (100%) Service occupations (71%) Sales and marketing (29%)
HIGH SCHOOL OR EQUIVALENT Production occupations (75%) Administrative and clerical (56%) Apprentices (50%)
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