Brunswick, Virginia
Brunswick County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Oct 2019
Maintained 1: Jun 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Brunswick 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 4 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Brunswick
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 330 | 174 | 112 | 35 | 9 |
College | 16 | 8 | 6 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 23 | 7 | 9 | 6 | + |
Public | 23 | 6 | 12 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 10 | 7 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 120 | 56 | 52 | 12 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 524 | 259 | 195 | 59 | 11 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 330 | 174 | 112 | 35 | 9 |
College | 16 | 8 | 6 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 23 | 7 | 9 | 6 | + |
Public | 23 | 6 | 12 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 10 | 7 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 120 | 56 | 52 | 12 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 524 | 259 | 195 | 59 | 11 |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 212 | 346 |
✓
Current |
37 | 46 |
✓ Transitioning | 113 | 130 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 2 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 15 | 37 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 0 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Participating High Schools
These are the high schools in Brunswick County that help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Brunswick High School
Employers in Brunswick County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Goodwill Industries of South Central
Virginia - Southside Virginia Community College
- Huber Engineered Woods LLC
- Lunenburg County Public Schools
- Brunswick County Public Schools
- ODU Online
- Ameristaff
- Personal Home Care Inc.
- Heritage Hall
- Armor Correctional Health Services
- Brunswick Times-Gazette
- Edmonds Printing Company Inc.
- Pecht Dist. Inc.
- Benchmark community Bank
- Penmac Staffing
- Calhoun Timber
- Meherrin River Forest Products
- Virginia Carolina Forest Products
- Nucor Buildings Group
- Morgan Lumber Co. Inc.
- Brunswick County Library
- Lawrenceville Town Office
- Brunswick Chamber of Commerce
- Pecht Distributors Inc
- Davis Travel Centers
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