United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service		 Go to Accessibility Information
Skip to Page Content


     Quick Access

Survey Results

Human Capital 2006 Survey Results

March 2006: The Social Sciences Team, in conjunction with the Human Capital Strategic Planning Team, conducted an all-employee web survey on Human Capital. View the results of the survey at this web site. The survey ran from December 5 to December 20, 2005. 7,754 responded to the survey, which represents 65% of the NRCS workforce. The findings are captured in several ways: an Executive Summary, PowerPoint, the survey questions along with percentage of respondents in each category, excel spread sheets that analyze a few variables, and word files with the respondent's unedited responses to open ended questions.

Employee Survey 1999 Results

The Human Capital 2006 Survey is similar to another Employee Survey completed in 1999.

Some of these documents require Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) Microsoft Word DocumentWord or Microsoft Excel DocumentExcel or Adobe Acrobat DocumentAdobe Acrobat.

Id Name Description Links
S000 Executive Summary Summarizes the survey results. Microsoft Word DocumentS000 (44 KB)
S001 Overview Gives a powerpoint overview of the survey results. Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) S001 (290 KB)
S002 Response Summary Summarizes all of the survey responses. Microsoft Word DocumentS002 (283 KB)
S003 State Responses Summarizes responses by individual state. Excel spreadsheetS003 (229 KB)
S004 Mobility Responses Summarizes responses dealing with employee mobility. Excel spreadsheetS004 (26 KB)
S005 Satisfaction Responses Summarizes responses dealing with employee satisfaction. Excel spreadsheetS005 (29 KB)
S006 Question 04 Please identify two activities that would help you reach your career goal? Microsoft Word DocumentS006 (125 KB)
S007 Question 07 What is a primary way to keep good employees working for NRCS? Microsoft Word DocumentS007 (1492 KB)
S008 Question 08A What additional skills does the agency need? Microsoft Word DocumentS008 (610 KB)
S009 Question 09E What additional skills do you need? Microsoft Word DocumentS009 (435 KB)
S010 Question 12 What partner groups should be more involved in your work? Microsoft Word DocumentS010 (76 KB)
S011 Question 18 The biggest problem with hiring new people to NRCS is: Microsoft Word DocumentS011 (126 KB)
S012 Question 19 What was the primary reason you chose NRCS as an employer? Microsoft Word DocumentS012 (1131 KB)
S013 Question 27 What component of your retirement system would you like improved? Microsoft Word DocumentS013 (191 KB)
S014 Question 30 What would influence you to postpone retirement? Microsoft Word DocumentS014 (284 KB)
S015 Question 34 What job series do you fall under (PATCO)? Microsoft Word DocumentS015 (32 KB)
S016 Question 38 Ethnicity/Race Microsoft Word DocumentS016 (42 KB)
S017 Question 40 Office location. Microsoft Word DocumentS017 (46 KB)
S018 Question 49 Please provide any additional comments you would like to make on any topic covered in this survey or topics you feel should have been part of this survey on human capital. Microsoft Word DocumentS018 (1246 KB)