Brevard Business Leadership Network

Brevard BLN 5-Minute Survey: Matching Employers with Qualified Candidates

The Brevard BLN is committed to matching qualified candidates to prospective employers. By completing this survey, we can better match your current and future employment needs to the skills of qualified candidates. In addition, we can assist you in identifying potential work experiences for candidates, affording you the opportunity to observe an individual’s performance on the job.

Please answer the following questions.

Company Name
Phone Number
Person Completing Survey
Title
Email
Best Time to Call

1) General category of your business (please check all that apply)

Professional		Food Service
Technical		Wholesale
Sales/Retail		Manufacturing
Hospitality		Healthcare
Legal		Realty
Financial		Municipal
Other (Please Specify)

2) How many employees do you have?

3) Does your company use temporary agencies on occasion or regular basis? Yes No

4) Do you have part-time positions? Yes No Full- time positions? Yes No

5) What is your average rate of employee turnover annually?

6) What area of your business experiences the most turnover?

7) What is the nature of your work? temporary/seasonal permanent combination

8) What are the types of jobs you have available? (please check all that apply)

Professional
Skilled
Semi-Skilled
Unskilled
Other (Please Specify)

9) Please check which of the following your business would be interested in learning more about:

	Business tour site - provide a tour of your business for candidates expressing and interest in pursuing a career in your area.
	Job shadow – provide candidates with limited work experience an opportunity to observe and try different work tasks for 2–4 hours.
	Internships – providing a 6- week work experience based on an individual’s interest to determine the likelihood for success in area of employment while giving you the opportunity to observe their performance on the job.
	Business guest speaker: Topic presenting and sharing knowledge to a group of candidates in areas of your business interest.
	Apprenticeship program – assists the employer in creating paid training and work experiences. Individual who participate in the program become successfully trained in a specific position and are ready to enter the workforce upon completion.

10) What other job duties could be reassigned to free your staff to perform their primary responsibilities?

11) If you have additional hiring needs, training needs, or questions we may not have included please comment: