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Alcorn, Mississippi
Alcorn 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: Oct 2018
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Alcorn 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
Improved Certificates - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 930 | 227 | 397 | 210 | 96 |
College | 238 | 48 | 112 | 49 | 29 | |
Current | Private | 600 | 125 | 342 | 113 | 20 |
Public | 163 | 44 | 85 | 25 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 692 | 330 | 265 | 77 | 20 |
Unemployed | 649 | 161 | 350 | 117 | 21 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 8 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Totals | 3281 | 936 | 1553 | 595 | 197 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 930 | 227 | 397 | 210 | 96 |
College | 238 | 48 | 112 | 49 | 29 | |
Current | Private | 600 | 125 | 342 | 113 | 20 |
Public | 163 | 44 | 85 | 25 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 692 | 330 | 265 | 77 | 20 |
Unemployed | 649 | 161 | 350 | 117 | 21 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 8 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Totals | 3281 | 936 | 1553 | 595 | 197 |
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 | 300 | 1168 |
✓
Current |
576 | 763 |
✓ Transitioning | 731 | 1346 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 4 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
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Employers Supporting | 39 | 31 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 88 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
Bronze | 82 | 3 | 1 | |
Silver | 21 | 1 | ||
Gold | 10 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Alcorn County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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The Alliance
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Northeast Mississippi Community College
Participating High Schools
These Alcorn County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Corinth High School
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Alcorn Central High School
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Kossuth High School
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Biggersville High School
Employers in Alcorn County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- fhm Inc dba officePRO
- Lawn Doctor of Tupelo-Corinth-Jackson
- Alcorn County Electric Power Association
- Mitchell Forestry & Wildlife Services L
- State Farm
- Avectus Healthcare Solutions
- Timber Products Company
- Nesco Electrical Distributors
- First Team Real Estate
- sharp fisher & borden attorneys
- Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc.
- TechSoup
- Smith. Restaurant
- Russell's Beef House
- Little Foods Inc
- medical plaza corinth ms
- First Presbyterian Chruch EPC
- The Five Salon and Spa
- Long Wholesale Distributors I
- Caraustar Corinth
- Michael Pittman Construction Co.Inc.
- Gunn Drug Co
- Corinthian Inc
- Tennessee Credit Managment Inc.
- Corinthian Inc.
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