Business leaders in Lichfield and Burntwood are being asked to take part in a survey to help shape a new scheme designed to increase numeracy skills.
Staffordshire County Council will soon be launching the £4.2million Multiply programme to support people across the region.
It comes after it was reported that nearly a third of West Midlands employers with vacancies said basic numeracy skills were difficult to obtain from applicants.
The three-year, fully-funded Multiply programme will be launched in Staffordshire later this year.
Staffordshire County Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for economy and skills, Cllr Philip White, said:
“We need to know what businesses needs are in terms of improving literacy of their employees to help shape our Multiply programme.
“We secured a significant amount of funding to run the Multiply scheme here in Staffordshire and we’re looking forward to launching it in the autumn.
“Improving your numeracy skills can help in everyday life, whether at work, managing household finances or helping children with their homework. It can also help career prospects, whatever your line of work.
“We’ll shortly be announcing more details of the programme in Staffordshire and would urge people to get in touch to find out more.”
Cllr Philip White, Staffordshire County Council
Business leaders can fill in the survey online.