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Measures to Address Skill Needs <br />70 <br />60 <br />50 <br />40 <br />30 <br />20 <br />10 <br />0 <br />4 <br />■ Developed In -House Skills <br />training /Mentoring (63.4 %) <br />■ Increasing Retention Efforts <br />(34.3 %) <br />Working With Local Educational <br />Institutions to Provide Training <br />and Recruiting (32.7 %) <br />■ Predicting Future Skills Needs <br />(23.9 %) <br />Measures Being Taken to Address Skills Needs <br />The majority (63.4 %) of the employers surveyed indicated they are <br />relying on in -house skills training and mentoring to address their skill <br />needs. A few written comments suggested that they are forced to rely on <br />in -house resources due to lack of financial ability to hire outside trainers <br />and in some cases the training is so industry specific that outside <br />resources are not equipped to meet their training needs. <br />"Jobs require experience which they don't have after <br />graduation. We are doing some OJT and work experience. " <br />"The average age of key technicians is around 60 years. Who <br />will run all the factories in the future? 1 recommend that we <br />work with Middle and High schools to promote engineering <br />early on. " <br />"We're having to set up offices outside of N.C. to hire the level <br />of experience for software developers we need. " <br />"We are desperate for eye technicians and are currently <br />working with our local community college in hopes of creating a <br />certification program. " <br />13 <br />1 -4 <br />Page 293 <br />% by Response <br />