Changing Search for Employees
» Changing Search for Employees, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2001
If respondent assesses the labor market as easier than three to four months ago AND has become more selective in the people hired.
4A1. (impact of easing labor market) Where have you raised your selectivity most?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work experience requirements | 13 | ||
| 2 | Education requirements | 3 | ||
| 3 | Skill requirements | 44 | ||
| 4 | Personal conduct and attitude requirements | 33 | ||
| 5 | Other | 2 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 5 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 79 | |||
Notes: Forty-four (44) percent of small employers who think the local labor market is easing and who have become more selective in the people they hire have raised prospective employee skill requirements (Q#4A1).
