Greene, Missouri
Greene County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Sep 2016
Maintained 1: Apr 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Greene 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
Economic Regions Including Greene
Greene 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 | 1476 | 573 | 589 | 254 | 60 | 0 |
College | 936 | 148 | 401 | 297 | 90 | 31 | |
Current | Private | 283 | 32 | 112 | 109 | 30 | 8 |
Public | 224 | 67 | 77 | 51 | 29 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 74 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2089 | 410 | 996 | 586 | 97 | 25 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 78 | 18 | 13 | 6 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 5129 | 1273 | 2224 | 1319 | 312 | 68 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 1476 | 573 | 589 | 254 | 60 | 0 |
College | 936 | 148 | 401 | 297 | 90 | 31 | |
Current | Private | 283 | 32 | 112 | 109 | 30 | 8 |
Public | 224 | 67 | 77 | 51 | 29 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 74 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2089 | 410 | 996 | 586 | 97 | 25 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 78 | 18 | 13 | 6 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 5129 | 1273 | 2224 | 1319 | 312 | 68 |
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 Feb 28, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1758 | 2443 |
✓
Current |
219 | 519 |
✓ Transitioning | 1585 | 2196 |
Workforce category not identified | 39 | 39 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Total Employers | 370 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Bronze | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 8 | 1 | ||
Gold | 5 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Greene County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Missouri Job Center
Contact Us
For more information on Greene County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Missouri Job Center
Cynthia Collins 417-874-2735
Employers in Greene County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Empire Bank
Med James
One Power Staffing
Johnson Physical Therapy
- Welk Resort
Sunbelt Envivonmental Services
- South Haven Baptist church
- Integrated Airline Services
- TruGreen
Greene Colunty Sherriff's Office
Fazwest Group
Sewing Machines Express
- Berry Patch Preschool & Daycare
- QPS Bio-Kinetic
- HR Block
- A1 Windshield Repair
- Burrell Behavioral Health
- BEE CLEAN CARPET & RESTORATION LLC
- Central States Industrial Equipment &
Service Inc - Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau
- FLS Connect
- Penmac
- Corporate Technologies Advntg
- SCIL (Southwest Center for Independent
Living) - FosterAdopt Connect
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