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Edgecombe, North Carolina
Edgecombe County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2018
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe
Edgecombe County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 2299 | 937 | 1077 | 238 | 47 |
College | 496 | 97 | 266 | 113 | 20 | |
Current | Private | 617 | 156 | 332 | 111 | 18 |
Public | 441 | 146 | 245 | 43 | 7 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 131 | 71 | 50 | 9 | + |
Unemployed | 2443 | 945 | 1258 | 210 | 30 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | + | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 784 | 172 | 129 | 42 | 29 | |
Totals | 6827 | 2527 | 3362 | 766 | 152 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2299 | 937 | 1077 | 238 | 47 |
College | 496 | 97 | 266 | 113 | 20 | |
Current | Private | 617 | 156 | 332 | 111 | 18 |
Public | 441 | 146 | 245 | 43 | 7 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 131 | 71 | 50 | 9 | + |
Unemployed | 2443 | 945 | 1258 | 210 | 30 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | + | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 784 | 172 | 129 | 42 | 29 | |
Totals | 6827 | 2527 | 3362 | 766 | 152 |
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 Nov 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 329 | 2795 |
✓
Current |
96 | 1058 |
✓ Transitioning | 801 | 2582 |
Workforce category not identified | 392 | 392 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 25 | 10 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 77 | 59 | 11 | 0 |
Bronze | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
Silver | 1 | 1 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Employers in Edgecombe County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Choanoke Area Development Association
Inc. - Kirlin Carolina's
- Turning Point Workforce Development
Board Inc. - Ossid
- Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce
- Kanban Logistics
- Universal Leaf North America U. S. Inc
- Edgecombe-Martin County EMC
- A+ Test Prep & Academic Services LLC
- Davis Furniture Company
- Opportunities Industrialization Center
- Gardner's Barbecue 301 Flagship Store
- Edgecombe County Veteran's Military
Museum - ABB Power T&D
- Rusty's
- Pride Fabrication & Maintenance INC.
- Moore Paint & Wallpaper Co
- Forbes Signs
- Absolute Pavment Services
- Barnhill Contracting Company
- Fountain Roberson & Anderson Insurance
Agency - North Carolina Wesleyan College
- City of Rocky Mount
- Southern Bank
- Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce
and Edgecombe Tourism
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