Boone, Missouri
Boone County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Nov 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Boone is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Add ACT WorkKeys Curriculum - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 613 | 139 | 251 | 183 | 40 | 0 |
College | 149 | 20 | 66 | 58 | 5 | 8 | |
Current | Private | 523 | 92 | 219 | 159 | 53 | 37 |
Public | 269 | 81 | 133 | 48 | 7 | 20 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | + | 8 | + | 0 | + |
Unemployed | 1218 | 344 | 518 | 283 | 73 | 33 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2789 | 679 | 1196 | 736 | 178 | 99 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 613 | 139 | 251 | 183 | 40 | 0 |
College | 149 | 20 | 66 | 58 | 5 | 8 | |
Current | Private | 523 | 92 | 219 | 159 | 53 | 37 |
Public | 269 | 81 | 133 | 48 | 7 | 20 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | + | 8 | + | 0 | + |
Unemployed | 1218 | 344 | 518 | 283 | 73 | 33 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2789 | 679 | 1196 | 736 | 178 | 99 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 648 | 770 |
✓
Current |
89 | 849 |
✓ Transitioning | 646 | 1267 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 2 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 126 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 4 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Participating High Schools
These Boone County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Columbia Area Career Center
Contact Us
For more information on Boone County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Missouri Job Center
(573) 441-6352
Employers in Boone County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Columbia Public Schools
- Shelter Insurance Company
- JobFinders Employment Services Co.
Commerce Bank
- Heart of Missouri United Way
- Mid-Missouri Regional Planning
Commission - Columbia Insurance Group
- The Bank of Missouri
- StraightUp Solar
MFA Oil
- True Media
- US Foods
- Riback?DKB Supply Company
- Compass Health
- Lenoir Woods
- Williams-Keepers LLC
- The Food Bank for Central & Northeast
Missouri Boone Electric Cooperative
Boone Hospital Center
Manpower
- OTSCON Inc
- Caroline & Company Inc.
- Hawthorn Bank
- Little Dixie Construction
- Preferred Family Health
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