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Laurens, South Carolina
Laurens County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2014
Maintained 1: Apr 2017
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Laurens 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 Laurens
Laurens 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 | 2417 | 814 | 1173 | 398 | 32 | 134 |
College | 150 | 13 | 95 | 40 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 378 | 70 | 218 | 73 | 17 | 13 |
Public | 212 | 56 | 116 | 36 | + | 14 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 528 | 142 | 327 | 55 | + | 22 |
Unemployed | 1042 | 352 | 554 | 124 | 12 | 20 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 126 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 4795 | 1472 | 2518 | 734 | 71 | 203 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2417 | 814 | 1173 | 398 | 32 | 134 |
College | 150 | 13 | 95 | 40 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 378 | 70 | 218 | 73 | 17 | 13 |
Public | 212 | 56 | 116 | 36 | + | 14 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 528 | 142 | 327 | 55 | + | 22 |
Unemployed | 1042 | 352 | 554 | 124 | 12 | 20 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 126 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 4795 | 1472 | 2518 | 734 | 71 | 203 |
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, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 2368 | 2701 |
✓
Current |
453 | 617 |
✓ Transitioning | 1362 | 1617 |
Workforce category not identified | 63 | 63 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 90 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 49 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 81 | 3 | 0 | |
Silver | 21 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Laurens County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Laurens County Adult Education
Participating High Schools
These Laurens County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Laurens Distrct 55 High School
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Clinton High School
Contact Us
For more information on Laurens County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Laurens County Adult Education
864-938-1524
Employers in Laurens County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- ISO Poly Films Inc.
- Laurens County Development Corporation
- Teknor Apex
- Laurens County LIfe Long Learning
- Asten Johnson Inc.
- The Clinton Chronicle
- Reynolds Family Dentistry
- Upper Savannah Council of Governments
- Advertiser Printing Company
- Sloan Construction
- SCMEP
- Elmore Land & Site Developing Inc.
- Santee Cooper
Laurens County Adult Education
- Cooper Motor Company
- Spartanburg County Adult Education
- Credit Central
- Assisting Angels Homecare
- Laurens Estates Assisted Living
- Inteplask Group AmTopp SC
- Family Footprint
- Forever Wild Adventures
- Laurens County Soil & Water Conservation
District - Town of Gray Court
- Action Staffing
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