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Spotlight on 2008 Legislative Survey Findings: Barriers to Recruiting/Hiring New Employees
By Todd Bergstrom

The 2008 Long-Term Care Imperative Legislative Survey asked nursing facilities to check the top three barriers that your facility encounters when attempting to recruit and hire new employees.  Accordingly, respondents selected three of the following barriers.

Barriers (each respondent chose three)

As a Percent of Respondents

Benefits

49.02%

Labor Supply

84.31%

Perception of Industry/Profession

39.87%

Salary and Wages

92.81%

Other:  Included Other Barriers such as Type of Client Served, Transportation, Child Care, Unattractive Schedules, Geographic location of facility, Competition with Hospitals, Assisted living, and Other Non-Health Care Employers

30.07%

To view all of the summary data from the 2008 Legislative Surveys in Microsoft PowerPoint, please visit the Care Providers of Minnesota website at Find It Here / Data/Statistics / Wage and Benefits Data / Minnesota Long-Term Care Provider Data.

Please direct any questions you may have to Todd Bergstrom at the Association office.

Todd Bergstrom
952.851.2486
tbergstrom@careproviders.org

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