Businesses view effective and careful applicant screening as essential and the screening of basic skills as vital. Businesses believe One-Stops can recruit employers more often if the available applicant pool reflects a variety of applicants. Employers want more skilled and semi-skilled applicants, more employed applicants, a nationwide or statewide recruiting network, and more applicants from schools and colleges. Businesses believe One-Stops should be proactive in learning employment needs for training purposes. Employers would like One-Stops to provide basic job skills and work ethic training, literacy training, some kind of internship or apprenticeship program, comprehensive information on different training programs, training grants available to employers, and financial aid for training programs.
Businesses view basic skills testing as a vital service.
One-Stops should be seen as employment centers as opposed to unemployment offices. Businesses believe One-Stops should be managed like a business. Employers' participation should be ensured at every step. Businesses want reduced paperwork, better communication links among the Centers, less or no politics, and many suggested privatizing the One-Stop system. A plan for evaluating the effectiveness of service should be developed.