St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis 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: Dec 2017
Maintained 1: Oct 2021
Maintained 2: Feb 2023
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
St. Louis 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 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
10 percent of employers increase engagement - 1 points
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 | 7026 | 2653 | 2990 | 1057 | 326 | + |
College | 748 | 107 | 389 | 197 | 55 | 16 | |
Current | Private | 3252 | 743 | 1570 | 688 | 251 | 101 |
Public | 1612 | 532 | 809 | 228 | 43 | 35 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 106 | 25 | 64 | 16 | + | + |
Unemployed | 6090 | 1727 | 3132 | 1056 | 175 | 167 | |
Recent Veteran | 60 | 6 | 13 | 9 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 146 | 23 | 38 | 8 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 18937 | 5816 | 9005 | 3259 | 857 | 325 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 7026 | 2653 | 2990 | 1057 | 326 | + |
College | 748 | 107 | 389 | 197 | 55 | 16 | |
Current | Private | 3252 | 743 | 1570 | 688 | 251 | 101 |
Public | 1612 | 532 | 809 | 228 | 43 | 35 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 106 | 25 | 64 | 16 | + | + |
Unemployed | 6090 | 1727 | 3132 | 1056 | 175 | 167 | |
Recent Veteran | 60 | 6 | 13 | 9 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 146 | 23 | 38 | 8 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 18937 | 5816 | 9005 | 3259 | 857 | 325 |
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 |
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✓ Emerging | 1811 | 7794 |
✓
Current |
497 | 5000 |
✓ Transitioning | 2174 | 6395 |
Workforce category not identified | 73 | 73 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 182 | 6 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 303 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
Bronze | 265 | 19 | 1 | |
Silver | 130 | 12 | ||
Gold | 15 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in St. Louis County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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St. Louis County Workforce Development
Contact Us
For more information on St. Louis County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
St. Louis County Workforce Development
314-615-6608
Employers in St. Louis County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Studio 6 Express Salon
- Commercial Steam Cleaners Inc
- Senior Helpers
- LangeTech Inc.
- Wildwood Health & Wellness Center
- U.S Marines
- LGC Associates
- STL Engineering
- Negwer Materials Inc
- Savile Row Custom Clothier
- Osteostrong St. Louis
- Sanitrace LLC
- Bayless School District
- Butterscotch Shenanigans Inc.
- Metropolitan Training Alliance
- Haywood Hoosman Realty
- Cejka Search Inc
- City of Pine Lawn
- FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS LLC
- Rockwood School District
- Weed Man LLC
- Goldblatt + Singer
- At Home Care Missouri
- C Three Business Consultants LLC
- St. Louis Weight Loss Secret
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