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Boone County, Missouri
The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) was recently recognized at the ACT Workforce Summit in Atlanta, Georgia for having 13 counties maintaining or achieving their Certified Work Ready Community status in the past year.
Missouri currently leads the nation with a total of 99 Certified Work Ready Communities and 112 communities that are participating and working towards certification.
Congratulations to the Work Ready Communities in Ottawa, OK and Boone, MO for selection to the 2022 Reinventing Our Communities (ROC) program through the Federal Reserve system. ROC engages participating community leaders on the topic of an equitable workforce recovery. The year-long collective helps members apply racial equity solutions to strengthen regional economies and foster better economic outcomes.
Rolla job seekers between the ages of 14-24 now have the opportunity to gain virtual work experience through The Career Club. Individuals will earn $11 an hour while participating in the virtual training and transition to a minimum wage of $12 an hour following work experience placement.
Two community outreach officers with the Police Department will give residents who express interest in employment a chance to complete the form on the officer's tablet.
The form has eight questions that gather basic contact information and general employment interests. It also lets participants indicate whether they are interested in job readiness assistance through Job Point or in obtaining a National Career Readiness Certificate at the Missouri Career Center.
Boone, Cooper and Cedar counties have become the latest Missouri counties to earn Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. CWRC is an American College Testing (ACT) designation program that recognizes successful efforts by community, education and business leaders to strengthen workforce training and development.....
