© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: August 10, 2004

Workforce Training and Development #1

• Sample comprised of 311 randomly selected HR professionals.

• Analyzing 311 of 2114 emails sent, 2080 emails received (response rate = 15%).

• Survey fielded August 10 – 16, 2004; presentation generated on August 17, 2004.

• Margin of error is +/- 6.0%.

© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: August 10, 2004

What level of importance does your organization place on workforce training and development (i.e. professional development)?

26%

55%

15%

4%0%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Very important Important Neitherimportant norunimportant

Unimportant Veryunimportant

© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: August 10, 2004

What level of importance does your organization place on workforce training and development (i.e. professional development)?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Very important 82 26.4%

Important 170 54.7%

Neither important nor unimportant

45 14.5%

Unimportant 13 4.2%

Very unimportant 1 0.3%