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.


