Changing Search for Employees
» Changing Search for Employees, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2001
If respondent thinks labor market tight AND responded by trying to out-bid other potential employers.
How have you responded to the problems created by a difficult labor situation?
14D1. (impact of tight labor market) How did you outbid others? Did you offer:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher wages | 58 | ||
| 2 | Expanded benefits | 9 | ||
| 3 | More flexible working conditions | 17 | ||
| 4 | Better work environment | 9 | ||
| 5 | Other | 5 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 3 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 148 | |||
Notes: Fifty-eight (58) percent of small employers who think the local labor market is tight and respond by trying to out-bid other potential employers offer higher wages (Q#14D1).
