Crittenden, Arkansas
Crittenden 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: May 2019
Maintained 1: Jun 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Crittenden 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Crittenden
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 267 | 120 | 96 | 37 | 14 |
College | 595 | 153 | 268 | 122 | 52 | |
Current | Private | 283 | 63 | 158 | 53 | 9 |
Public | 296 | 91 | 165 | 34 | 6 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 28 | 16 | 11 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 1363 | 440 | 761 | 147 | 15 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2832 | 883 | 1459 | 394 | 96 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 267 | 120 | 96 | 37 | 14 |
College | 595 | 153 | 268 | 122 | 52 | |
Current | Private | 283 | 63 | 158 | 53 | 9 |
Public | 296 | 91 | 165 | 34 | 6 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 28 | 16 | 11 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 1363 | 440 | 761 | 147 | 15 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2832 | 883 | 1459 | 394 | 96 |
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 |
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Emerging | 890 | 862 |
✓
Current |
331 | 579 |
✓ Transitioning | 1247 | 1391 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 32 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Crittenden County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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City of West Memphis, Economic Development
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Arkansas Workforce Center
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Arkansas State University Mid-South
Participating High Schools
These Crittenden County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Marion High School
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Academies of West Memphis
Contact Us
For more information on Crittenden County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Workforce Development Board of Eastern Arkansas: Tracy Hinton
8707333500
Employers in Crittenden County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Mississippi County
- Blytheville Public Schools
- City of Marion
- Big River Steel LLC
- Denso Manufacturing Arkansas Inc.
- H&R Block
- Circle N Market #1000
- Little Zion Learning Center
- Consolidated Grain & Barge
- City of Forrest City AR
- St Francis Area Developmental Center
- Walmart Super Center
- Langston Companies Inc.
- Crestpark of Wynne-Skilled
- West Memphis Steel & Pipe
- Automated Conveyor Systems Inc
- Guaranty Loan & Real Estate Co.
- West Memphis School District
- Hampton Inn by Hilton
- Essence Stylez & Kutz
- Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Mueller Copper Tube Products
- Matthews Ridgeview Farms
- Nmf Inc
- Eakas Arkansas
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