Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jan 2015
Maintained 1: May 2018
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Cape Girardeau 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
Add ACT WorkKeys Curriculum - 0.5 points
Cape Girardeau County in the News
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 | 2488 | 886 | 1111 | 376 | 115 | + |
College | 122 | 16 | 60 | 37 | 9 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 583 | 88 | 304 | 137 | 54 | 17 |
Public | 157 | 43 | 72 | 32 | 10 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1106 | 235 | 611 | 218 | 42 | 91 | |
Recent Veteran | 12 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 8 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Totals | 4476 | 1273 | 2164 | 807 | 232 | 111 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2488 | 886 | 1111 | 376 | 115 | + |
College | 122 | 16 | 60 | 37 | 9 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 583 | 88 | 304 | 137 | 54 | 17 |
Public | 157 | 43 | 72 | 32 | 10 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1106 | 235 | 611 | 218 | 42 | 91 | |
Recent Veteran | 12 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 8 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Totals | 4476 | 1273 | 2164 | 807 | 232 | 111 |
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 Jun 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 809 | 2611 |
✓
Current |
238 | 759 |
✓ Transitioning | 503 | 1213 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 4 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 66 | 10 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 50 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 9 | 4 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Cape Girardeau County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
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Missouri Job Center
Contact Us
For more information on Cape Girardeau County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce
573-335-3312
Employers in Cape Girardeau County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Southeast Missouri Carpenters' Joint
Apprenticeship Program - City of Cape Girardeau
- BOLD Marketing
- Patrick Furniture
- Bi-State Oil Company
- LeBounce LLC
- RM COCO
- Coad Toyota
- Elite Travel
- Leggett & Platt Inc Branch 6016
- Realty Executives of Cape County
- PC Wellness Centers
- Lemons Coin Machines Inc
- Southeast Missourian
- Kenco Enterprises Inc.
- Heise Heating and Cooling Inc.
- Jim Fox
- Technology and Networking
Manpower
- SoutheastHEALTH
- Chap Arnold Insurance
ServiceMaster Professional Cleaning
- Commerce Bank
- Pyramid Home Health Services
- Erb Equipment Company
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