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Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Aiken 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 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Aiken County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 5636 | 1520 | 2770 | 1153 | 193 | + |
College | 207 | 22 | 78 | 70 | 37 | + | |
Current | Private | 1328 | 186 | 575 | 372 | 195 | 25 |
Public | 814 | 178 | 393 | 169 | 74 | 15 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 1198 | 409 | 656 | 121 | 12 | 66 |
Unemployed | 2474 | 744 | 1231 | 398 | 101 | 84 | |
Recent Veteran | 22 | + | 5 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 236 | 36 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 11786 | 3097 | 5780 | 2296 | 613 | 194 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 5636 | 1520 | 2770 | 1153 | 193 | + |
College | 207 | 22 | 78 | 70 | 37 | + | |
Current | Private | 1328 | 186 | 575 | 372 | 195 | 25 |
Public | 814 | 178 | 393 | 169 | 74 | 15 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 1198 | 409 | 656 | 121 | 12 | 66 |
Unemployed | 2474 | 744 | 1231 | 398 | 101 | 84 | |
Recent Veteran | 22 | + | 5 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 236 | 36 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 11786 | 3097 | 5780 | 2296 | 613 | 194 |
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 Mar 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 579 | 5847 |
✓
Current |
57 | 2182 |
✓ Transitioning | 1287 | 3833 |
Workforce category not identified | 118 | 118 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 70 | 62 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 114 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 135 | 5 | 3 | |
Silver | 32 | 1 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Employers in Aiken County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitaion
- Devro Inc
- VistaBank
- RE/MAX Tattersall Group LLC
- Aiken Real Estate Services Inc.
- Dunkin Donuts
- MAU Workforce Solutions
- Aiken Active Seniors
- Margaret's Garden Adult Daycare
- Maner Builders Supply Co.
- Five Star Commercial Cleaning
- Carriage House Inn
- St. John's United Methodist Church
- Meybohm Realtors- Downtown
- Woody Malone REALTOR (R)
- Dumpster Depot llc
- MTU America Inc.
- Ruby Tuesday
- Savannah River Remediction
- M B Kahn Construction Co Inc
- Cumberland Village
- Comfort Keeper
- Gregory Electric Company Inc.
- Aiken Brewing Company
- Ansaldo Sts USA
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