Kyle Area Survey of Businesses
To explore the education and training needs of area businesses.
The Hays CISD, Austin Community College, and Texas State University are interested in exploring the education and training needs of area businesses. This survey is one part of a larger planning project related to expanding educational opportunities in our local community.
There are 13 questions in this survey.
Please complete the following information
Please give the name of your company:
Please give the complete mailing address of your company (street or PO Box/City/State/Zip):
The name of the HR Contact of your company:
The phone number of the HR contact in your company:
Please state the type of business you have:
Which best describes the size of your workforce:
Choose only one of the following
Very Small (less than 5 employees)
Small (6 - 16 employees)
Medium (17 - 30 employees)
Large (more than 30 employees)
Fill in actual number of employees below:
No answer
Which best describes your hiring pattern for 2008?
Likely to increase your workforce.
Likely to decrease your workforce.
No answer
By what number of employees will your workforce increase/decrease (as indicated above)?
Have you experienced difficulty in hiring employees with the education or skill levels needed to do the job well?
Yes
No
No answer
Does your company offer incentives to acquire additional education (such as time off to attend classes, reimbursement of tuition/fees, salary increase based on additional educational attainment, etc.)?
Yes
No
No answer
Have you customized training provided for your employees on-site by an external provider?
Yes
No
No answer
What areas of training would your company take advantage of if offered in Kyle?
Check any that apply
Basic Skills (reading, writing, mathematics)
English-as-a-Second-Language
Computer literacy
Software training
Specialized certification(s)
Customer Service Skills
Leadership/Management Skills
Safety training
Other
If you selected Software training, Specialized certification(s) or Other above, please elaborate on the kind of software or certification or other training desired:
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