1. Labour Market Questionnaire Results Glenamaddy Community School

2. Census of Population 2016 - An Age Profile of Ireland
Primary (5-12)
Census 2016 shows (5-12) stood at 548,693, an increase of 8.8 per cent since  
Secondary (13-18 years)
There were 371,588 children of secondary school age in April 2016, an increase of 7.7 per cent (26,657) since 2011.
Young adults (19-24 years)
The population of young adults aged stood at 331,208 in 2016, a fall of 6.5 per cent since 2011, primarily due to the cohort effect of low births in the early 1990s.

3. Areas of Employment
the composition of employment has shifted away from construction towards services sectors such as education, health, professional services, information and communications, and accommodation and food services.

4. The Western Region’s Labour Market

5. Western Region
The Western Development Commission (WDC) promotes both social and economic development in the Western Region (Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare)
In 2014 the Western Region’s adult population was just over 600,000 with 350,000 active in the labour force.
Its labour force has contracted since 2012, largely because of outward migration, and is characterised by higher part-time, under- and self- employment, for both men and women.

6. Key Findings
Lower labour force participation in the Western Region: The region’s participation rate in 2014 is 57.7% compared with 60.1% has important social impacts and increases the need for state transfers.
Higher share of self-employment: The region has a higher share of self- employment (without employees) than the rest of the state – 16.3% of all employment in the region compared with 11.4% in the rest of the state.
Many may work from home or are mobile and are engaged in local services and therefore outside the remit of the enterprise agencies.

7. with 25.7% of all jobs in the region in 2014 part-time, these can play an important role for those with caring and other commitments.
Lower employment growth: Employment in the region grew over by 1.4% but this was less than in the rest of the state (3.9%).
Declining unemployment influenced by out-migration: Unemployment has declined by 28.4% since 2012 but this has only partially been caused by jobs growth. The greater part is due to the loss of unemployed people from the region, either overseas or to other parts of Ireland.
Higher youth unemployment rate: The Western Region has a higher youth ( yrs) unemployment rate, 29.2% compared with 24.6% in the rest of the state. As the region has a lower total unemployment rate, this indicates that youth unemployment is a more serious challenge for the region.

8. History (Background) of the Enterprise
Types of Businesses
Hardware Shop
Food manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Company
Vet
Creche
Nursing home
Factory
Garage
Concrete Products
Hair salon rubber mats\ products
Insurance Broker
Furniture manufacturer
Grocery Shop

9. Length of time in business
<5 YEARS
5-10 YEARS
YEARS
>16 YEARS 2 5 3 13
Number Of Employees
<5
5-10
11-15
16-20
20-50
>50 8 6 1 5 2

10. Age when they set up business
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11. Qualifications before setting up
YES NO 5

12. Difficulties faced by businesses
Financial – starting off, cashflow,
Getting my product onto the market
Recession
Seasonal business
Finding qualified professionals
Staff shortages
Theft
Keeping running all aspects of the business on my own\ long working hours
Electricity bills

13. Advice Do plenty of research Advertise
Have confidence in your ability and pride in your work
Be honest
Define a good business plan
Get good workers
Love what you do
Be able to deal with ups and downs
Plan
Be smart with money and prepare for the unexpected with cashflow
Be willing to work hard
Get experience before going out on your own

14. Employees From area 18 Not from area 2 Soft Skills values most
Communication
Organisation
Strong work ethic
Teamwork and positive attitude
Ability to speak a foreign language
No Yes 3

15. Recruitment Local newspapers Businees website Hard skills Experience
Where do you advertise?
Local newspapers
Businees website
Factors when recruiting employees
Hard skills
Experience
Potential

16. Promotion Policy
From within the business 10
From outside the business 1
Both

17. Training and Development
Does your business provideTraining and Development for employees?
Yes 20 No
What Type?
on the job 7
off the job 5
both

18. Local business collaboration with schools
Training for potential employees
Yes 19
No 2
Are students equipped for work
Yes 16 No

19. Improvements to our education system
Where can our education system be improved?
More Vocational training
More work placements while doing courses
Work experience to develop people skills
System is over academic
Not enough contact between schools and business
Existing collaboration with schools
Yes 15 No

20. Quality Symbols
Yes No
Quality Checks
Yes 20 No