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Yazoo, Mississippi
Yazoo County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jul 2019
Maintained 1: Jun 2023
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Yazoo 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 Yazoo
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 347 | 206 | 94 | 34 | 13 | 0 |
College | 141 | 51 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 125 | 50 | 49 | 23 | + | + |
Public | 106 | 47 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 34 | 17 | 12 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 403 | 209 | 155 | 32 | 7 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1161 | 583 | 410 | 131 | 37 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 347 | 206 | 94 | 34 | 13 | 0 |
College | 141 | 51 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 125 | 50 | 49 | 23 | + | + |
Public | 106 | 47 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 34 | 17 | 12 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 403 | 209 | 155 | 32 | 7 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1161 | 583 | 410 | 131 | 37 | + |
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 Sep 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 162 | 488 |
✓
Current |
61 | 232 |
✓ Transitioning | 242 | 439 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 3 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 10 | 15 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 32 | 3 | 0 | |
Silver | 8 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Employers in Yazoo County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association
- Bank of Yazoo City
- Mutual Credit Union
- King's Tax Service
- Central Mississippi Planning and
Development District - Southcentral Mississippi Works Local
Workforce Development Area - TempStaff
- C Spire
- Holmes Community College
- Bow Ties and Tutus
- Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce
- Warren Yazoo Behavioral Health Inc.
- Yazoo County Regional Correctional
Facility - Yazoo City Public Schools
- At Home Care Inc.
- Yazoo County Economic Development
District - Cobie Collins Broker Real Estate
- AA Calibration Services LLC
- J & J Bagging
- City of Yazoo City
- Amco Manufacturing Co
- Gateway Community Development
Corporation - Gateway CDC Youthbuild
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Service Specialists
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