Dickenson, Virginia
Dickenson 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: Nov 2019
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Dickenson 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
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Dickenson 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 | 89 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 7 |
College | 18 | 0 | 6 | 9 | + | |
Current | Private | 23 | + | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Public | 9 | + | + | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | 0 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 68 | 21 | 29 | 17 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 211 | 50 | 91 | 51 | 19 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
|||||
Emerging | High School | 89 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 7 |
College | 18 | 0 | 6 | 9 | + | |
Current | Private | 23 | + | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Public | 9 | + | + | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | 0 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 68 | 21 | 29 | 17 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 211 | 50 | 91 | 51 | 19 |
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 | 98 | 107 |
✓
Current |
27 | 32 |
Transitioning | 74 | 71 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 9 | 10 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Employers in Dickenson County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens
- Appalachian Power Company
- Stone Mountain Health Services Haysi
Clinic - Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce
- Misty Mountain Cottage
- Town of Haysi
- First Community Bank Clintwood Branch
- West End Auto Express
- The Pawn Shop
- Ridgeview DeliMart and Wolfpack Den
- Barton's Trucking Inc.
- Haysi Funeral Home
- Barton Monument Co.
- Appalachian Auto Parts
- Southern Development Leasing
- Superior Fabrication LLC
- Dickenson County Behavioral Health
- C.C. Belcher Insurance Agency
- Rasnake Enterprize
- Jones & Counts Pharmacy
- Albright Recovery and Construction
- Bird Dog Distributors LLC
- MPD Enterprises Inc.
- Dickenson County Public Schools
- Southwest Virginia Community College
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