Developing Cumbria - skills shortage for Cumbria survey

Your chance to help shape future branch activity and WIN a bottle of champagne.

As your local CIPD branch, we are keen to understand our member’s challenges regarding the predicted future skills shortage for Cumbria and how we can attract talent into our region. Your insight into this subject will be used to develop some useful pragmatic advice and support from your local branch over the next decade. So please spare some time to complete this survey.

There are no mandatory fields and you of course may complete this anonymously, however please remember to include your name and preferred email address, if you wish to be entered into the prize draw.

Data protection statement: the contents of this survey will only be used by the Cumbria Branch Committee to help plan events that support the Skills agenda. Email addresses will only be used to contact the winner of the champagne.

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* 1. Company Name:

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* 2. Address or Post Code:

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* 3. What Sector are you working in?

	Public	Private	Education	Voluntary	Charity	Energy	Manufacturing	Services	Other	10
What Sector are you working in?	What Sector are you working in? Public	What Sector are you working in? Private	What Sector are you working in? Education	What Sector are you working in? Voluntary	What Sector are you working in? Charity	What Sector are you working in? Energy	What Sector are you working in? Manufacturing	What Sector are you working in? Services	What Sector are you working in? Other	What Sector are you working in? 10

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* 4. How many employees does your organisation employ?

	0 – 50	50 – 100	100 – 250	250 – 1000	Over 1000
How many employees does your organisation employ?	How many employees does your organisation employ? 0 – 50	How many employees does your organisation employ? 50 – 100	How many employees does your organisation employ? 100 – 250	How many employees does your organisation employ? 250 – 1000	How many employees does your organisation employ? Over 1000

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* 5. Skills Shortage: General

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Are you aware of the growing issue of skills shortages predicted for Cumbria over the next decade?	Are you aware of the growing issue of skills shortages predicted for Cumbria over the next decade? Yes	Are you aware of the growing issue of skills shortages predicted for Cumbria over the next decade? No	Are you aware of the growing issue of skills shortages predicted for Cumbria over the next decade? not sure

If Yes, how were you made aware?

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* 6. What specific skills shortages are you predicting for your company?

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* 7. What measures are being taken by your company to avoid future skills shortages?

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* 8. Recruitment: What roles are you currently experiencing difficulty recruiting for?

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* 9. Recruitment: List the methods you currently use to recruit and select your talent?

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* 10. Recruitment: What methods are you using to attract new talent from outside the county into Cumbria?

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* 11. Recruitment: How are you appointing staff differently? (For example, how you use, temp/ perm/notice periods/shorter probation periods etc).

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* 12. Recruitment: Do you explore other sectors and industries to find the talent you require for your organisation? If so, please provide an example.

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* 13. Do you explore other sectors and industries to find the talent you require for your organisation?

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If Yes, please provide an example.

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* 14. Can you summarise the impact of the following activities on your recruitment and selection practices:

Recruitment fairs

Social media developments

Your employer brand

Talent and resourcing reviews

Brand Cumbria

Any other activities?

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* 15. Do you recruit from outside the UK?

	Yes	No	not sure
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If Yes can you give the reasons why?

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* 16. Retention:How are you aiming to retain your current staff?

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* 17. Retention: How do your salaries compare to the national average for the roles you are recruiting for?

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* 18. Retention: Do you up skill existing employees to support your future recruitment and selection difficulties?

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If Yes can you give an example?

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* 19. Skills Development/Qualifications: Do you have a graduate development programme?

	Yes	No	not sure
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If yes, please provide brief details

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* 20. Skills Development/Qualifications: Do you sponsor the development of qualifications or training to support your industry/improve recruitment?

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If yes, please provide brief details

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* 21. Engagement and Collaboration: Do you promote skills development in local education establishments?

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If Yes can you give an example?

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* 22. Engagement and Collaboration: Do you work with local education establishments?

	Yes	No	not sure
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Can you give an indication as to why this is the case? and what type of activity may encourage you to participate with education more?

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* 23. Engagement and Collaboration: Would you like us to send information about how you could get involved with working with local education establishments and becoming a Enterprise Adviser?

	Yes	No	not sure
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If Yes, please share email address

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* 24. What type of support from your local CIPD branch would you like to see regarding skills shortages? (For example, sharing of best practice, workshops, teach in, development of Brand Cumbria etc)

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* 25. If No to Q 25. Can you give an indication as to why this is the case? And what type of activity may encourage you to participate more?

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* 26. Are you passionate about this agenda? Are you willing to share your experience about tackling the issue of skills shortages and promoting Brand Cumbria with your HR colleagues?

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* 27. Please add your name and email address, if you wish to be entered into the prize draw.

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Many thanks for taking your time to complete this survey – we really appreciate your efforts.

We will be in touch with the lucky winner of the bottle of champagne shortly afterwards.