Job Vacancies
» Job Vacancies, Volume 7, Issue 8, 2007
If respondent had a current job opening or had one available in the last three years.
16F. (evaluate pool of applicants) Lack of basic English, communication, and/or math skills
Response | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Typical problem | 11 | ||
2 | Occasional problem | 21 | ||
3 | Not a problem | 67 | ||
4 | DK/Refused | 2 | ||
Total (%) | 101 | |||
N | 651 |
Notes: Eleven (11) percent of small employers who had a current job opening or had one available in the last three years reported the lack of basic English, communications or math skills as a typical problem among job applicants.