| Important considerations for many
employers looking to locate or expand
operations are whether workers are willing
to pursue new employment opportunities
and commute to those new jobs. Members
of Hutchinson’s Available Labor
Pool (ALP) are willing to accept positions
outside their primary fields of employment
and are willing to commute. |
| WILLING
TO WORK OUTSIDE OF PRIMARY FIELD
|
 |
|
|
| TIME
WILLING TO COMMUTE (ONE-WAY) |
| CUMULATIVE
PERCENT |
|
|
|
|
|
| Benefit options strongly affect the
decisions of Hutchinson area workers
and potential workers to take a different
job. According to the study, health
and retirement benefits are most important,
followed by on-the-job training, salary,
and vacation benefits. |
| BENEFITS |
| PERCENT
RESPONDING "YES" |
|
|
Good Health Benefits
|
83.6% |
| Good Retirement Benefits
|
83.3% |
| On-The-Job or Paid Training
|
82.4% |
| Good Salary |
82.2% |
| Good Vacation Benefits
|
79.5% |
| Flexible Hours |
69.7% |
| Good Life Insurance Benefits
|
60.5% |
| Good Education Benefits |
58.6% |
Work Closer to Home |
47.0% |
| Assistance with Childcare
|
25.5% |
| Work in Different
Community |
20.5% |
|
