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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 Apr 30, 2024
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 | 2022 | 289 | 923 | 576 | 234 |
College | 74 | 10 | 40 | 18 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 139 | 23 | 60 | 39 | 17 |
Public | 96 | 21 | 44 | 24 | 7 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 49 | 12 | 30 | 6 | + |
Unemployed | 428 | 91 | 225 | 93 | 19 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1720 | 138 | 269 | 240 | 201 | |
Totals | 3672 | 584 | 1593 | 997 | 486 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2022 | 289 | 923 | 576 | 234 |
College | 74 | 10 | 40 | 18 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 139 | 23 | 60 | 39 | 17 |
Public | 96 | 21 | 44 | 24 | 7 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 49 | 12 | 30 | 6 | + |
Unemployed | 428 | 91 | 225 | 93 | 19 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1720 | 138 | 269 | 240 | 201 | |
Totals | 3672 | 584 | 1593 | 997 | 486 |
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 Apr 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 519 | 2096 |
✓
Current |
105 | 235 |
Transitioning | 718 | 481 |
Workforce category not identified | 860 | 860 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
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Employers Supporting | 55 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 4 | 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
- Stanadyne Corporation
- Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville Inc.
- Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
- Ward and Smith P.A.
- Town of Atlantic Beach
- North Carolina Aquarium Pine Knoll
Shores - Captain Stacy Inc
- Sweet Beans Coffee and Cafe
- Cape Carteret Aquatic & Wellness
- Cummings & Kennedy Law Firm
- Chalk & Gibbs Inc.
- Chalk & GIbbs Insurance and Real Estate
- Twisted Spoon
- Circa 81
- Happycakes Cupcakery
- Carteret County Partnership for Children
- East Carteret High School
- Carteret County News-Times
- Sound Bank
- Hampton Inn Morehead City
- Carteret Health Care
- Starling Marine
- Eastman Carpets Inc.
- Mr. Tire of Morehead City NC
- Kmart - Morehead City NC
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