Arkansas


ACT WorkKeys NCRC Levels
- Platinum3,596
- Gold22,071
- Silver52,144
- Bronze19,828
Total97,639
Job Profiles Completed
127
Employers Supporting
1004
ACT WorkKeys NCRC Data:
01-01-2006 - 02-28-2023
Bronze
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26 232 339 824 16 184
Silver
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43 273 341 844 17 179
Gold
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19 194 183 515 11 123
Platinum
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3 101 92 262 13 62

36 of 75 counties participating
About Arkansas Work Ready Communities
Known as the Natural State, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) describes its diverse economic mix where global retailers are neighbors to massive data curators. Biotechnologists rub elbows with industrial manufacturers. Alternative energy providers share communities with logistics specialists.
More than half of Arkansas counties participate in Work Ready Communities. The Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District of ten counties became the first Work Ready region in 2022. Mississippi County was first to certify as a WRC in May 2017.
AEDC invests in WorkKeys Job Profilers as a service to new and existing industry. The WorkKeys NCRC is available through Arkansas Workforce Centers along with a network of high schools and community colleges.
Arkansas Higher Education seized the opportunity for use of the WorkKeys NCRC as prior learning assessment for academic credit. Three-credit recommendations provide guidance on technical math and technical writing.
More on how to engage
Arkansas employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals
- City of Paragould
- Big River Steel LLC
- AID Temporary Services
- Southworth Products
- Staffmark Blytheville AR
- Phillips County
- Pretty Flowers & More
- Schneider Operating/Training Center -
West Memphis - Crowley's Ridge Developmental Council
- Relyance Bank
- Amanda Friedman - State Farm Insurance
Agent - Essence Stylez & Kutz
- City of Mountainburg
- Chicot Irrigation Inc
- Custom Pavement Maintenance & Safety
- Meadors Lumber Company
- Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Lyon College
- CAVENAUGH HYUNDAI
- Sloan Law Firm
- Rivertowne BBQ
- Network of Community Options
- Wave Rural Connect LLC
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Jonesboro Red
Wolf Convention Center - Wadley Regional Medical Center
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
Certified Communities
- Mar, 2023 Franklin
- Feb, 2023 Crawford
- Jan, 2023 Clay
- Jun, 2022 Grant
- May, 2022 Scott
- Jan, 2022 Drew
- Jan, 2022 Jefferson
- Sep, 2020 Arkansas
- Apr, 2020 Cross
- Feb, 2020 Ashley
- Jan, 2020 Lee
- Aug, 2019 Randolph
- Jul, 2019 Bradley
- May, 2019 Desha
- May, 2019 St. Francis
- May, 2019 Crittenden
- Apr, 2019 Chicot
- Mar, 2019 Cleveland
- Feb, 2019 Greene
- Jan, 2019 Lincoln
- Sep, 2018 Lawrence
- Aug, 2018 Craighead
- May, 2017 Mississippi
About ACT
Founded in 1959, ACT is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, and dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success. ACT provides a broad array of assessment, research, information and program management solutions in the areas of education and workforce development.