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Work for Warriors, a program from the Mississippi National Guard, celebrated the success of a recent pilot with the WorkKeys NCRC.  All 154 soldiers statewide earned the National Career Readiness Certificate from ACT. More than half of those newly certified guard members are eager to connect with local employers. 

The Mississippi National Guard’s Battle Hand Off Ceremony is July 19th through 21st at the Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center in Hattiesburg. Employers slated to attend include AWS, Milwaukee Tool, NUCOR Steel, and Continental Tire. Work for Warriors encourages all local employers with current openings to attend.

ACT's Ready for Work podcast published a three-part series, Disaster Recovery and Economic Resiliency Using Skills-Based Hiring. The series shares voices and ideas on deployment of the five-part ALEDA framework of Adapt, Lead, Engage, Deploy, and Analyze. WRC's podcast page has a handy podcast player with links to show notes and resources for episodes 22, 23, and 24. The Ready for Work podcast expanded to Amazon Music and the Tune-In app in additon to regular podcast networks.

I’m honored for the opportunity to serve on this important board,” Freeland said. “Through its diverse skills-training programs and participation in ACT Work Ready Communities, MGCCC has been a key partner of the Foundation and the industries we work so closely with. I look forward to helping further develop these programs and relationships that align a prepared workforce with employer demands and needs.

More and more industries and college technical training programs require employees to take the national WorkKeys test, which assesses a person’s readiness for employment in different types of jobs. In response to this demand, more and more communities are moving to become “work ready” communities