Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation 2004 2005 Employers Survey

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Department of Employment, Training and
Rehabilitation 2004 -2005 Employers Survey

• BY
• Pamela Gallion
• Peggy Perkins
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Client Pre-Assessment Results

• Total of 805 pre-assessments returned!
• Geographic distribution of returns
• 41 - Reno/Carson City/Sparks
• 34 - Las Vegas
• 26 - Other Community
• Program applying to
• 85 - BVR
• 8 - BSBVI
• 7 - Not sure

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Services Needed to Obtain Work
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Client Expectations of Rehab Counselors
Other services include testing, money for
college, money for a van, glasses, a wig.
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Client Expectations of Program Length
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Demographics

• Age
• Mean 41 years of age
• Median 42
• Mode 18
• Gender
• Female 52
• Male 48

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Demographics

• Race / Ethnicity
• White / Caucasian 72
• Black / African American 13
• American Indian/Alaska Native 4
• Asian 2
• Pacific Islander 1
• Hispanic / Latino 8

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Client Post Assessment Results

• Methodology
• Conducted via telephone
• List 425 names
• 179 names eliminated (42)
• Three attempts to each eligible number
• 137 interviews completed

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Services Needed / Services Received
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Satisfaction with Services
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Overall Satisfaction with Services Provided by
BVR / BSBVI
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Recommend Nevadas Rehabilitation Program

• 83 would recommend to another
• 14 would not recommend to another
• 4 were not sure

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04-05 Transition Students Survey Results

• Methodology
• Conducted via telephone
• 474 eligible names provided by DETR
• Four attempts made on each number
• 184 completed interviews
• 57 response rate

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Length of time out of high school
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Educational Opportunities
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Satisfaction with Educational Opportunities


1 Five additional students reported that they
have plans to attend JR. College in the near
future. Some of the respondents are still in
high school.
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Number of Jobs Since HS
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Reasons for Unemployment
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Length of Time Current Job
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Income

• Low income 2.00 per hr.
• High income 13.00 per hr.
• Mean income 6.88 per hr.
• Medium income 6.15 per hr.
• Mode 6.00 per hr.

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Benefits Received
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Purpose and Participation

• Purpose of survey
• Assess basic usage patterns of division services
• Assess the rehabilitation counselors assistance
  through the process
• Participation
• 470 eligible employers
• 73 response rate
• 317 completed surveys analyzed

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Misc. Information

• 75 are satisfied with current job.
• Graduation
• 28 Regular diploma
• 51 Special diploma
• 21 Still in school or DNF
• 85 would recommend transition services to
  another needing them

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Where learned about transition services.
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Demographics

• Geographic location
• 72 - Southern Nevada
• 11 - Reno /Carson City / Sparks
• 18 Other community
• Gender
• 61 - Male
• 39 - Female

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04-05 Employers Survey Results

• Methodology
• Conducted via telephone with a list provided by
  DETR
• Three attempts were made to each number
• 317 Interviews completed
• Response rate 73

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Percentage of Employers per Area

• In what community is your business located?
• 42 from Las Vegas area
• 24 from Reno, Carson City or Sparks
• 34 from remaining areas in the state

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Company Awareness

• Is your company aware if it has hired people
  with disabilities in the past two years?
• 55 (N175) gave a yes response
• 36 (N114) were not aware
• 8 (N28) did not know

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First quartile 1-3 jobs available

• 53 employers
• 42 in Las Vegas
• 19 in the Reno, Carson City, Sparks area
• 39 in another community
• Employers included
• Small hotel
• Non-profit agencies
• Childcare centers
• Small businesses
• 103 available jobs

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Second quartile 4-11 jobs

• 52 employers
• 46 in Las Vegas
• 31 in Reno, Carson City or Sparks
• 23 in another community
• Employers included
• Department store chains
• Larger hotels including hotel chains
• Non-profit agencies
• Small businesses
• 341 available jobs

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Third quartile 12-49 jobs

• 47 employers
• 47 in Las Vegas
• 26 in Reno, Carson City, or Sparks
• 27 in another community
• Employers included
• Municipalities, including libraries and parks and
  recreation divisions
• Non-profit agencies Childcare
• Large area hospitals Banks
• Large food chains Sierra Nevada Job Corps
• Institutions within the UCCSN system
• 1,080 available jobs

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Fourth quartile 50-1000 jobs

• 58 employers
• 59 in Las Vegas
• 26 in Reno, Carson City or Sparks
• 16 in another community
• Employers included
• Municipalities School districts
• Very large chain stores
• (e.g. Wal-Mart or Home Depot)
• County government
• VA clinic
• 8,569 available jobs

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Number of Potential jobs

• If you had a job opening, did you call the
  Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation or Bureau of
  Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired to
  ask if either agency had a qualified candidate?
• 17 (N52) reported they did call BVR/BSBVI to
  see if they had a qualified candidate.
• If yes, did they send you a candidate?
• 81 (N35) were sent a candidate from BVR/BSBVI.

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Number of Potential Jobs

• Is it likely that your company will continue to
  interview and hire qualified people with
  disabilities in the future?
• 86 (N207) said they would continue to interview
  and hire qualified people with disabilities
• 10 (N24) said it is not likely they would
  interview and hire people with disabilities.

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Experience with BVR/BSBVI

• If you used the service of the Bureau of
  Vocational Rehabilitation and the Bureau of
  Services to the Blind or Visually Impaired,
  please rate your overall satisfaction with the
  services provided. Use a scale of 1 to 10 where
  1 means very dissatisfied and 10 means you were
  very satisfied with the service you received from
  either bureau.
• 94 rated their level of satisfaction with
  BVR/BSBVI services as favorable (rated five and
  above).
• 26 (N14) reported they were very satisfied with
  the services received.

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Experience with BVR/BSBVI

• Considering experiences you may have had about
  using the services of Bureau of Vocational
  Rehabilitation and the Bureau of Services to the
  Blind and Visually Impaired, to what extent have
  the services met your expectations? Use a scale
  of 1 to 10 where 1 means the services fall short
  of your expectations and 10 means the service
  exceeds your expectations.
• 85 responded that the services had met or
  exceeded expectations, with exceeds
  expectations receiving the highest number of
  responses (N16).

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Experience with BVR/BSBVI

• When you hired someone did you receive assistance
  from the rehab counselor? How would you rate the
  service you received from the rehab counselor?
• 68 of employers (N42) that called BVR/BSBVI and
  hired a candidate received assistance from a
  rehabilitation counselor.
• 53 of the employers (N24) rated the assistance
  from the rehabilitation counselor excellent
• 33 rated counselor assistance good (N15)
• 23 of employers (N14) did not receive
  assistance from the rehabilitation counselor