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Guilford County, North Carolina

Guilford County Schools Recruits Teaching Assistants with WorkKeys Options November 17, 2022

Guilford County Schools held a hiring fair Wednesday to recruit teaching assistants to fill gaps from large increases in student enrollment. Applicants needed 48 semester hours of higher education coursework.  The WorkKeys NCRC helps satisfy all but six hours as an alternative qualification.

Guilford WRC Revamps Service Delivery October 13, 2021

The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals recently showcase Guilford County, North Carolina as the lead for the October NAWDP Advantage publication. Guilford deployed a mobile career center in partnership with the Eastern Triad Workforce Initiative.

Home Furnishings Capital Lands Prepac Investment, Jobs September 01, 2020

Workforce, ideal logistics location, and a ready-to-go site all came together for Greenville, NC to attract more than two hundred new jobs and a $27 million investment from Prepac Manufacturing. Located in the Work Ready Community of Guilford County, the Greenville-High Point area is known as the Home Furnishings Capital of the World for leading resources in design, manufacturing, and shipping.

WorkKeys helps NC school district raise accountability and graduation counts September 07, 2019

Graduation rates and accountability scores are the highest ever for the Alamance-Burlington school district in North Carolina. The Accountability Model provides results for student performance on End-of- Grade (EOG) and End-of-Course (EOC) tests along with English Learner Progress ad on three additional measures at the high school level: combined ACT test results and WorkKeys test results; Graduation Rate; and Math Course Rigor.

Guilford County on Work Ready Communities September 06, 2017