Nine key occupations in Minnesota are difficult to fill

A new study found that 45 percent of job vacancies in select occupations in Minnesota were considered by employers to be difficult to fill because of skills mismatches, demand-side issues such as unattractive wages, hours or location, or a combination of the two, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). 

The study found job vacancies requiring high school or below were more often reported as difficult to fill than those asking for higher education levels. Other findings included job vacancies requiring three years or more work experience were substantially harder to fill. And vacancies were earlier to fill in the Twin Cities metro area than in Greater Minnesota. Production or manufacturing work had the highest share of hard-to-fill vacancies. 

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“Employers perceive training gaps even in occupations requiring only a high school degree, such as machine operators,” the report noted. “Employers hiring low-skilled production occupations lament the disappearance of machine-shop classes at the high school level,This oil cooler is extremely efficient in cooling the oil in the hydraulic powerturbine room in which it is installed. while employers hiring high-skilled production occupations lament the fact that not enough K-12 students are encouraged to pursue two-year degree programs or trade schools.” 

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The skills gap has been the subject of discussion from President Obama’s most recent State of the Union address to long-standing local efforts through the Brainerd Lakes Chamber’s Bridges Career Academies and Workplace Connection and endeavors by Central Lakes College, WorkForce Center and the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corp. 

DEED’s Hiring Difficulties Study found overall 15 percent of job vacancies in nine key occupations in Minnesota were difficult to fill because of a shortage of job candidates with the right skills, education or experience. 

Another 6 percent of job vacancies in those occupations were difficult to fill because of “demand-side factors,” such as uncompetitive wages and undesirable job locations or work shifts. Another 24 percent of the job vacancies in the study were difficult to fill because of a combination of skills mismatches and demand-side factors. 

The research team looked at occupations where there was at least some anecdotal evidence of hiring difficulties. The agency contacted 213 employers who had open positions during the second quarter of 2012 in one of the nine occupations. 

Entry-level jobs and those requiring more than three years of work experience were about the same at 44 percent and 41 percent for being difficult to fill. But those needing more than three years of experience were most difficult at 72 percent. 

“Clearly, all else equal, finding experienced job candidates presents a challenge for employers,” DEED reported. In Greater Minnesota more than half of all vacancies — at 53 percent — were reported as difficult-to-fill compared to 37 percent in the Twin Cities area.