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Pittsylvania County, VA earns Community Impact award June 28, 2019

Pittsylvania County, Virginia is one of several Work Ready Communities recognized by Trade and Industry Development Magazine’s Community Investment and Corporate Impact Awards.  The county’s success with the Harlow Group project is showcased on page 66 of the print and digital edition.

Washington County, MS wins Impact Award from Trade and Industry Development magazine June 28, 2019

Success of the Nufarm project in the WRC of Washington County, MS helped land one of the Top 15 Community Impact Awards from Trade and Industry Development Magazine.  The segment on Washington County appears on page 64 of the print and digital editions.

WorkKeys helps screen new substitute teachers in Mississippi June 28, 2019

The Petal, MS school district seeks to fill a 50-seat training with new substitute teachers to overcome skill gaps for the upcoming school year.  For those lacking enough college credit, district officials offer WorkKeys as a proxy to qualify.   

Kelloggs plans huge distribution center in Marshall County (Updated) June 24, 2019

Kellogg’s joins Pyrex's parent company and Amazon as major employers planning large distribution facilities in Marshall County in recent months.

Corelle Brands Investing $27.7M In Mississippi June 24, 2019

Corelle Brands LLC is moving a portion of its manufacturing and distribution operations to Marshall County, MS. The manufacturer and marketer of houseware brands such as Pyrex, Snapware and Corelle plans to invest $27.7 million in the construction of a new facility and create approximately 400 jobs by the end of June 2020.

Amazon to bring 850 jobs to Marshall County June 24, 2019

Amazon announced it will build its first Mississippi fulfillment center in Marshall County, continuing its build-out of its distribution network.

OOC annual meeting honors CCC June 24, 2019

Carla DeShaw, who is the executive dean of community education and workforce development at CCC and delivered the keynote address this year, briefed attendees on the American College Testing (ACT) Work Ready Oswego NY initiative, which she said offers career training and aims to diversify the workforce pool for local employers.

Clark County Celebrates Becoming an ACT Work Ready Community June 18, 2019

Smoke Signal Ad June 18, 2019

The attached PDF is an ad place in a local paper celebrating Pottawatomie Kansas WRC acheivements.

ALJHS accomplishments highlighted at Marengo BOE meeting June 10, 2019

Seale also shared data updates for the ACT WorkKeys assessment, which measures successful workplace skills such as business writing, workplace observation and applied math.

Throughout the school system, 162 seniors took the WorkKeys assessment this school year with 8 earning a platinum certificate, 22 earning gold, 76 earning silver and 42 earning bronze.

Seale also shared data updates for the ACT WorkKeys assessment, which measures successful workplace skills such as business writing, workplace observation and applied math.

Throughout the school system, 162 seniors took the WorkKeys assessment this school year with 8 earning a platinum certificate, 22 earning gold, 76 earning silver and 42 earning bronze.

This website reports the ACT® WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.

State and national ACT WorkKeys NCRC data runs from January 2006 through , while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through , while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level ACT WorkKeys NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.

WorkKeys® assessments are used across the nation, and many states have built their own Career Readiness Certificates based upon WorkKeys assessment results. You will find an asterisk denoting those states. This website will continue to evolve as the first two rounds of participating states give us feedback on what they would like to see -- and based on your feedback, as well.

Please contact us if you have comments, questions or would like to receive more information.