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Carteret, North Carolina
Carteret County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Feb 2018
Maintained 1: Apr 2021
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Carteret 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
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Carteret
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 | 2021 | 288 | 923 | 576 | 234 |
College | 74 | 10 | 40 | 18 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 141 | 23 | 60 | 40 | 18 |
Public | 100 | 21 | 44 | 26 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 49 | 12 | 30 | 6 | + |
Unemployed | 430 | 91 | 226 | 94 | 19 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1742 | 144 | 274 | 243 | 201 | |
Totals | 3690 | 589 | 1599 | 1004 | 489 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2021 | 288 | 923 | 576 | 234 |
College | 74 | 10 | 40 | 18 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 141 | 23 | 60 | 40 | 18 |
Public | 100 | 21 | 44 | 26 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 49 | 12 | 30 | 6 | + |
Unemployed | 430 | 91 | 226 | 94 | 19 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1742 | 144 | 274 | 243 | 201 | |
Totals | 3690 | 589 | 1599 | 1004 | 489 |
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 Jan 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 519 | 2095 |
✓
Current |
105 | 241 |
Transitioning | 718 | 483 |
Workforce category not identified | 871 | 871 |
Workforce | Total |
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Total Employers | 120 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 6 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Carteret County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Carteret County Schools
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Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board
Participating High Schools
These Carteret County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Croatan
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East Carteret
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West Carteret
Contact Us
For more information on Carteret County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board
252.636.6901
Employers in Carteret County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- E.J. Pope & Son Inc.
Coastal Carolina Community College
Stanadyne Corporation
- Marine Federal Credit Union
- CarolinaEast Health System
Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
- Town of Emerald Isle
- The UPS Store
- Frank Door Company
Sweet Beans Coffee and Cafe
- National Park Service -Cape Lookout
National Seashore - Anytime Fitness
- Town of Beaufort
McLaughlin Chiropractic Center
- Chalk & GIbbs Insurance and Real Estate
- Twisted Spoon
- Coastal Press Inc.
- Parker Honda
- BizBroker Group
- Guy C. Lee Building Materials
Floyd's 1921 Restaurant
Eastman Carpets Inc.
- Core Sound Waterfowl Museum
- Carteret General Hospital
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