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You are invited to participate in our Human Resource market analysis survey. In this survey, Human Resource professionals will be asked to complete a survey that asks questions about skills and functional capabilities of entry level staff. It will take approximately fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire.

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What type of organization are you employed by?
 
Banking & Finance
 
Media & Entertainment
 
Internet Service Provider
 
Payment Services
 
Telecommunications
 
Oil & Gas
 
Consumer goods/Manufacturing
 
Construction
 
Real Estate
 
Technology & Computing
 
E-commerce
 
Other
 
 
 
 
How many people are employed by this organization? (Give closest accurate estimate)
 
2-20
 
21-50
 
51-200
 
201-500
 
500+
 
 
 
Does your organization take on entry level employees immediately after leaving university/completing the National Youth Service Corps?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Has your organization been having trouble finding sufficient numbers of workers with the skills you need to do your business?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Don’t Know
 
 
 
If yes, would you say that your organization experienced these troubles for:
 
Some positions
 
Many positions
 
Most positions
 
All positions
 
Don’t know
 
 
 
Would you say that finding entry level graduates with basic skills, such as basic arithmetic, basic writing or reading skills has been:
 
Very difficult
 
Somewhat difficult
 
Not very difficult
 
Not at all difficult
 
 
Please indicate the degree requirements for available positions within your organization
All positions Most positions Some positions No positions N/A
School Certificate
Technical Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Advanced Degree (Master’s Ph.D, MBA etc)
Completion of certificate program
 
 
 
How well prepared for work have the entry level recruits from Nigerian higher education institutions been?
 
Very well prepared
 
Well prepared
 
Prepared
 
Poorly prepared
 
Very poorly prepared
 
 
 
In your perception or from your experience, do you believe that graduates trained in higher education institutions abroad perform better on the job than hires trained in Nigeria?
 
No
 
Yes
 
Don’t Know
 
 
 
If yes, why?
   
 
 
 
In what ways(if any) are job applicants poorly prepared?(Select all that apply)
 
Lack required skills or competencies
 
Literacy/numeracy skills
 
Poor education
 
Lack of critical thinking
 
Lack of general knowledge
 
Poor attitude/personality or lack of motivation
 
Lack of working world/life experience or maturity
 
Other
 

 
 
 
What kind of functional roles would you offer fresh graduates? (Select all that apply)
 
Tellers
 
Clerks
 
Analysts
 
Sales functions
 
Technical apprenticeships
 
Administrative

 
 
 
How much do you pay fresh graduates?
 
Less than ₦1,000,000 p/a
 
Between ₦1,000,000 p/a and ₦2,000,000 p/a
 
More than ₦2,000,000 p/a
 
 
 
Do you believe you get value for money?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Do you typically have to train fresh graduates before putting them in the functional roles?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Maybe
 
 
 
If you do, how much do you spend?( Budget allocation per head for training)
   
 
 
 
Does your organization prefer to offer training in-house?
 
Yes
 
No, we prefer to outsource the training
 
Don’t know
 
 
 
How many graduates have you recruited in the last 24 months? Universities, Polytechnics, Master graduates? Please fill in response
   
 
 
 
From which disciplines? Please fill in response
   
 
 
 
Does your organization hire staff who lack the degree you typically require but whose experience or other training appears to make then well suited for the job?
 
No, applicants must have the degree
 
Yes, but it is rare
 
Yes, sometimes
 
Yes, it happens often
 
Don’t know
 
 
In the following areas, how do your organization’s new hires today compare to those five years ago?
Less than 5 years agoMore than 5 years ago
Attrition
-
Qualifications
-
Technologically savvy
-
Preparation to fill positions
-
Communication skills
-
Work ethic
-
 
 
 
Are job requirements for each position clear and obtainable?
 
Strongly Disagree
 
Disagree
 
Undecided
 
Agree
 
Strongly Agree
 
 
 
Within your organization, what vacancies are hardest to fill? (List top three positions)
   
 
 
 
For each of these vacancies, would you say these vacancies are hard to fill because:
 
Applicants have not been of sufficient quality
 
Because there have been few or no applicants
 
Both of these reasons
 
Neither reason
 
 
 
If you have had problems with the quality of candidates, what would you say they have been lacking?(Select all that apply)
 
The skills you’re looking for
 
The qualifications you’re looking for
 
The work experience that you require
 
Don’t know
 
Other
 

 
 
 
What, if anything, is this establishment doing to overcome the difficulties that you are having finding candidates to fill these hard-to-fill vacancies?(Select all that apply)
 
Increasing salaries
 
Increasing the training of existing employees
 
Redefining existing positions
 
Increasing recruitment budget
 
Increasing/expanding training program
 
Adopting new recruitment methods
 
Recruiting international professionals/expatriates

 
 
 
Does this establishment formally assess whether the training and development received by an employee through higher education has an impact on his or her performance?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Don’t know
 
 
Please rate the perception of following soft skills as they pertain to fresh graduates in your organization:
N/A Not acceptable Fairly Acceptable Acceptable
The ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
Critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills
The ability to apply knowledge and skills to real-world settings through internships or other hands-on experiences
The ability to analyze and solve complex problems
The ability to connect choices and actions to ethical decisions
Teamwork skills and the ability to collaborate with others in diverse group settings
The ability to innovate and be creative
Concepts and new developments in science and technology
The ability to locate, organize, and evaluate information from multiple sources
The ability to understand the global context of situations and decisions
Global issues and developments and their implications for the future
The ability to work with numbers and understand statistics