Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie launches refreshed EmployerOne survey

Local employers encouraged take survey to improve hiring challenges in local market

BRANTFORD (Aug. 19, 2024) –

A new survey is asking local employers to speak up about their skills and training needs.

The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie has carried out an EmployerOne survey regularly over the last 10 years to take the pulse of the business community and understand its workforcerelated issues.

This year’s refreshed EmployerOne has a special focus on skill development and training, including what skills businesses look for when hiring and what methods they use to train employees.

“Many employers see a need to build the skills of existing staff and train new hires, but we want to dig deeper to better understand the challenges,” said Danette

Dalton, the planning board’s executive director.

“EmployerOne gives businesses a way to voice their issues and shows they are invested in forging a strong relationship with current and future workers, which is good for everyone.”

The EmployerOne survey, which takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete, is open to all businesses and organizations that employ people in Brantford, Six Nations, Mississaugas of the Credit, and Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties The survey is supported by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Skills Development and Training Community partners help the planning board distribute EmployerOne, and in some cases the survey is emailed directly to businesses. A survey link can also be found on the board’s website: www.workforceplanningboard.or g/employerone-survey

The goal is to have 300 employers from all types of business types and sizes complete the survey over the next month. The findings are then published and shared back to the business community, as well as local community and government leaders.

“The survey findings spark dialogue and identify actions that can be taken to assist businesses and to develop the skills of workers,” Dalton said. “Job seekers and workers also learn what skills employers want and need.”

The 2024 EmployerOne survey includes for the first time questions about employees with international credentials to learn if supports are needed to assist both the workers and their employers.

This employment Ontario project is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario

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