Cherokee, Iowa
Cherokee County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jan 2020
Maintained 1: Jan 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Cherokee 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 284 | 80 | 148 | 50 | 6 |
College | 19 | + | 12 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 265 | 69 | 154 | 31 | 11 |
Public | 76 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 551 | 226 | 229 | 85 | 11 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1195 | 407 | 579 | 181 | 28 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 284 | 80 | 148 | 50 | 6 |
College | 19 | + | 12 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 265 | 69 | 154 | 31 | 11 |
Public | 76 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 551 | 226 | 229 | 85 | 11 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1195 | 407 | 579 | 181 | 28 |
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 Dec 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
Emerging | 424 | 303 |
✓
Current |
305 | 341 |
✓ Transitioning | 389 | 551 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 8 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 4 | 1 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Cherokee County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Cherokee Area Economic Development
Participating High Schools
These Cherokee County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Cherokee Washington High School
Contact Us
For more information on Cherokee County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Cherokee Area Economic Development
7122255739
Employers in Cherokee County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Wireless World - Verizon Authorized
Retailer - Anderson Professional Services
- MARCUS LUMBER COMPANY
- Foundation Analytical Lab
- Cherokee Chamber of Commerce
- Cherokee Industrial Corp.
- Keva Boutique
- Cherokee General Store
- Farm Bureau Financial Services: Will
Miller - Cherokee State Bank
- 360 Custom Designs LLC
- Homestake Enterprises LLC
- Builders Sharpening & Service
- CITY WASHTA
- State Savings Bank
- Schoon Construction Inc
- Mongan Painting Company Inc.
- Cherokee Area Economic Development
- Beck Engineering Inc
- Cherokee Comm School District
- Smith Insurance Services
- First Cooperative Association
- Law Office of Robert B Brock II PC
- Farmers State Bank
- Country Creations
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