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Scottish Employer Perspectives Survey 2019: technical report
Technical report accompanying the Scottish EPS 2019 research report providing background information on the methodology used.
Appendix B: Questionnaire coverage
| Question | Question Number | Comparison to 2016 | Time series possibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmographics (i) | |||
| Multi or single site | A2 | Same | Yes |
| Whether Head Office | A3 | Same | Yes |
| Total staff across organisation | A4 | Same | Yes |
| Number of staff on site | A1 | Same | Yes |
| Organisation classification | A5 | Same | Yes |
| Sector | A7/A8 | Same | Yes |
| Recruitment | |||
| Whether had vacancies | C1 | Same | Yes |
| Familiarity with and use of government services or initiatives | C2/C3 | Revised | Yes |
| Broad recruitment channels used | C4a/C4b | Same | Yes |
| Factors looked for in candidates | C5 | Revised | Yes |
| Equality and diversity practices | C5a-g | No (new question) | - |
| Whether recruited in last 12 months | C6a | Same | Yes |
| Age of recruits | C6b-e | Same | Yes |
| Recruitment of young people | |||
| Role of last young person recruited | C8 | Same | Yes |
| Broad recruitment channels used for last young person recruited | C10nw /C10nwi | Same | Yes |
| Whether used government scheme or initiative for last young recruit | C10nwii | Revised | Yes |
| Gender Pay Gap legislation | |||
| Awareness and impact of Gender Pay Gap legislation | C10GP/ C10GPi | No (new question) | - |
| Recruitment of education leavers | |||
| Whether recruited anyone to their first job on leaving education in last 2-3 years | C10a/e | Revised | Yes |
| Preparedness of education leavers for work | C10f/g | Revised | Yes |
| Work experience and inspiration | |||
| Type of work experience placement offered in last 12 months | C17 | Revised | Yes |
| Number of individuals on work placements in last 12 months | C18 | Revised | Yes |
| Whether individuals taken on to long-term role | C19C | Revised | Yes |
| Reason for offering work placements | C20 | Revised | Yes |
| Awareness and use of Foundation Apprenticeships | C21/C21a | No (new question) | - |
| Whether engaged with education institutions to provide work inspiration to students | C23 | Same | Yes |
| Reasons for offering work inspiration opportunities | C23a | Revised | Yes |
| Reasons for not offering work placements or inspiration | C27 | Same | Yes |
| Awareness of and engagement with Developing the Young Workforce Regional Groups | C28/C29 | No (new question) | - |
| Sources of training information and advice | |||
| Whether sought or needed to seek advice on training in last 12 months | D1/D1a | Same | Yes |
| Sources of advice used | D2 | Revised | Yes |
| Familiarity and use of Government schemes and initiatives | D4/D5 | Revised | Yes |
| Training activity | |||
| Whether provided internal or external training in last 12 months | D6a/b | Same | Yes |
| External sources of training used | D8 | Revised | Yes |
| Whether worked with other employers to develop staff | D36 | Revised | Yes |
| Training to VQs | |||
| Whether train to VQs | D13 | Same | Yes |
| Reasons for not training to VQs | D14 | Same | Yes |
| Level of VQs | D15 | Revised | Yes |
| Extent VQs improve the business | D16/17 | Same | Yes |
| Apprenticeships | |||
| Whether offer formal framework | D22 | Revised | Yes |
| Number of current apprentices | D22a/b | Same | Yes |
| Whether apprentices on Graduate Apprenticeship programme | D22Bi | No (new question) | - |
| Whether offer apprenticeships | D23 | Revised | Yes |
| Whether site previously offered apprenticeships | D23i | Same | Yes |
| Age of apprentices | D23A | Same | Yes |
| Whether apprentices are recruits external to the business | D23B | Same | Yes |
| Type of training provided | D25i/ii | Same | Yes |
| Type of training provider used | D25iii | Revised | Yes |
| Typical length of apprenticeship | D26 | Same | Yes |
| History of apprenticeship offer | D27i | Same | Yes |
| Trigger for offering apprenticeships | D27a/b | Revised | Yes |
| Motivation for offering apprenticeships | D27c | Revised | Yes |
| Historic churn of apprenticeship offer | D27d | Same | Yes |
| Awareness of apprenticeships | D28 | Same | Yes |
| Reasons for not offering apprenticeships | D33 | Revised | Yes |
| Awareness of or interaction with apprenticeships schemes | D29 | Revised | Yes |
| Whether plan to offer apprenticeships in future | D34 | Same | Yes |
| Anticipated churn in apprentice numbers | D27e | Same | Yes |
| Reason for anticipated churn | D27f/g/h | Revised | Yes |
| When plan to offer apprenticeships in future | D34i | Revised | Yes |
| Reason for starting to offer apprenticeships | D34ii | Revised | Yes |
| Reason for not planning to offer apprenticeships | D34a | Same | Yes |
| Preparedness for work of Modern Apprentices | D34b | No (new question) | - |
| Whether work experience / Foundation Apprenticeships seen as route to apprenticeship | D35c/ci | Revised | Yes |
| Employer involvement in content and design | |||
| Level of involvement with apprenticeships, VQs and external training | D39 | Same | Yes |
| Whether worked with partners to design the content of training | D39a | No (new question) | - |
| Whether would have like to be more involved | D40 | Revised | Yes |
| Reasons for not being involved | D41 | Revised | Yes |
| National Occupational Standards | |||
| Awareness of NOS | D20 | Same | Yes |
| Use of NOS | D21 | Same | Yes |
| Employer Attitudes and Firmographics (ii) | |||
| History of operating | F1 (previously A6) | Same | Yes |
| Growth prospects | F2 (previously A6a) | Same | Yes |
| Growth over last year | F3 (previously A9) | Same | Yes |
| Closing questions | G1-G3a | Revised | Yes |
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