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Rockingham, North Carolina
Rockingham County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jul 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Aug 2018
Maintained 1: Mar 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Rockingham 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
Rockingham County in the News
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 | 3290 | 949 | 1561 | 605 | 175 | 0 |
College | 41 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 310 | 76 | 136 | 77 | 21 | + |
Public | 137 | 33 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 59 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
Unemployed | 589 | 160 | 295 | 112 | 22 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1344 | 248 | 200 | 103 | 63 | 0 | |
Totals | 5101 | 1489 | 2314 | 938 | 302 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3290 | 949 | 1561 | 605 | 175 | 0 |
College | 41 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 310 | 76 | 136 | 77 | 21 | + |
Public | 137 | 33 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 59 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
Unemployed | 589 | 160 | 295 | 112 | 22 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1344 | 248 | 200 | 103 | 63 | 0 | |
Totals | 5101 | 1489 | 2314 | 938 | 302 | + |
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 Jul 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 1460 | 3331 |
✓
Current |
226 | 449 |
Transitioning | 729 | 651 |
Workforce category not identified | 672 | 672 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 42 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 3 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Rockingham County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Rockingham Community College
Participating High Schools
These Rockingham County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Rockingham County High School
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RCC Early College
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Morehead High School
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Reidsville High School
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McMichael High School
Contact Us
For more information on Rockingham County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Rockingham County Center for Economic Development, Small Business & Tourism
336-342-8138
Employers in Rockingham County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Innofa USA
- Annie Penn Hospital
- Town of Mayodan
- Rockingham Community College
- Town of Wentworth
- David Rothschild Co. Inc
One Source Staffing Solutions LLC
- Isometrics Inc
- Reidsville Chamber of Commerce
- Air Products
- Simply the Best Flowers
- Reidsville Area Foundation
Gildan
Travel Consultants Inc
- Southern Spring & Stamping Inc
Mayodan Outdoor Sports
- Alltech
- McMichael Mills Inc.
- Tri-City Kia
- Verizon Authorized Retailer –
Cellular Sales - The Celtic Fringe
- JCR Recycling
- Powell & Associatesinc
- Bulldog Group Inc.
- Southern Fabricators Inc.
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