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Wake, North Carolina
Wake County is a participating Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in earning their certified status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
93 %
of goals attainedProgress Towards Goals
Wake is actively participating in the Work Ready program. To become a Certified Work Ready Community, they must prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees. Requirements include:
- Having economic development advocates receive training at a Work Ready Bootcamp.
- Help members of the community's current, emerging and transitioning workforce earn National Career Readiness Certificates.
- Generate support among private and public employers in the community for hiring people who have earned an NCRC.
Wake County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 28861 | 4838 | 11492 | 8296 | 4235 | 0 |
College | 554 | 62 | 233 | 242 | 17 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 1201 | 230 | 575 | 341 | 55 | + |
Public | 819 | 196 | 459 | 146 | 18 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 179 | 35 | 119 | 23 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 2209 | 541 | 1192 | 415 | 61 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 26 | + | 6 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 17360 | 1652 | 2321 | 2070 | 1993 | 0 | |
Totals | 42516 | 7557 | 16397 | 11536 | 6382 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 28861 | 4838 | 11492 | 8296 | 4235 | 0 |
College | 554 | 62 | 233 | 242 | 17 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 1201 | 230 | 575 | 341 | 55 | + |
Public | 819 | 196 | 459 | 146 | 18 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 179 | 35 | 119 | 23 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 2209 | 541 | 1192 | 415 | 61 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 26 | + | 6 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 17360 | 1652 | 2321 | 2070 | 1993 | 0 | |
Totals | 42516 | 7557 | 16397 | 11536 | 6382 | + |
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 Apr 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 617 | 29415 |
✓
Current |
223 | 2022 |
✓ Transitioning | 1999 | 2401 |
Workforce category not identified | 8680 | 8680 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 298 | 103 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 75 | 36 | 3 | 0 |
Bronze | 34 | 7 | 19 | |
Silver | 26 | 1 | ||
Gold | 7 |
Employers in Wake County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- T.A. Loving Company
- Ward and Smith P.A.
- North Carolina NCBA - SCSEP
- Fabrics Graphics Inc
- Granite Falls Swim and Athletic Club
- Greater New Life Fellowship Community
Church - The Salvation Army
- Town of Wake Forest
- Wake Technical Community College
- NCWorks Career Center- Raleigh
- Indoor Environmental Systems
- SuperDroid Robots Inc.
- Myriao Media
- Eaton
- White Street Computers
- Wake County Economic Development
- Solutions-IES Inc.
- Cleveland High School
- North Carolina Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce - Wake Forest Fire Department
- Sundance Cleaning
- NC Dept. of Public Safety
- McCarter Electrical Company
- Johnson Concrete Co.
- Wake Forest Fencing
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
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