Mississippi, Arkansas
Mississippi County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2017
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Mississippi 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 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Add ACT WorkKeys Curriculum - 0.5 points
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 | 887 | 273 | 423 | 153 | 38 |
College | 167 | 23 | 98 | 36 | 10 | |
Current | Private | 141 | 30 | 78 | 28 | 5 |
Public | 142 | 49 | 72 | 21 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | + | 8 | 0 | + |
Unemployed | 725 | 239 | 402 | 78 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 2078 | 617 | 1083 | 318 | 60 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 887 | 273 | 423 | 153 | 38 |
College | 167 | 23 | 98 | 36 | 10 | |
Current | Private | 141 | 30 | 78 | 28 | 5 |
Public | 142 | 49 | 72 | 21 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | + | 8 | 0 | + |
Unemployed | 725 | 239 | 402 | 78 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 2078 | 617 | 1083 | 318 | 60 |
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 Mar 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 721 | 1054 |
✓
Current |
144 | 283 |
✓ Transitioning | 579 | 739 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 2 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 31 | 39 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Mississippi County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Arkansas Northeastern College
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Mississippi County Economic Development
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Department of Workforce Services
Contact Us
For more information on Mississippi County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Mississippi County Economic Development
870.532.6084
Employers in Mississippi County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Armorel School District
- Arkansas Department of Workforce
- Viskase Companies Inc.
- Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport
Authority - Sudbury Broadcasting Group
- Tenaris
- Regal
- Southern Bancorp Bank
- Big River Steel LLC
- Drew Bevill Lawn Care LLC.
- Me & My Sister
- MVC Construction
- Anchor Packaging - Jonesboro
- City of West Memphis
- BlueOak Arkansas LLC
- Nibco Inc
- Temps Plus
- Langston Enterprises Inc
- Black Hat Enterprses Inc DBA Mailboxes
and Beyond - FMH Conveyors
- Nestle
- Post Consumer Brands
- Crittenden County
- Arkansas Economic Development Commission
- D&L Inc
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