Certificates Earned!
More than 5 million people in the United States have earned the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate® proving that they have the skills American employers need. Learn More.
Iowa
ACT WorkKeys NCRC Levels
- Platinum4,897
- Gold29,314
- Silver67,339
- Bronze28,747
Total130,297
Job Profiles Completed 86
ACT WorkKeys NCRC Data:
01-01-2006 - 12-31-2020
Bronze
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8 17 86 13 16 9
Silver
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23 21 67 18 13 12
Gold
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13 15 53 21 21 8
Platinum
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9 15 30 11 8 4
5 of 98 counties participating
About Iowa Work Ready Communities
ACT Work Ready Communities (WRC) empowers counties and states with process, data and tools deployed in a common workforce development framework to drive economic growth by certifying counties as work ready communities when established goals are attained.
Think of it as a docking station where all participants plug into the common county-level ACT Work Ready Community criteria as part of establishing county goals.
The common criteria are based upon the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (ACT WorkKeys NCRC) and business engagement to create a community-based workforce development process that links, aligns and matches the county’s workforce development efforts to the needs of business and industry. The goal is for all participating counties to achieve certified work ready status.
ACT is leading this national effort with a two-session Boot Camp within a 3-month window to help participants share best practices, customize the national implementation framework or their own needs and build career pathways aligned to growth industries.
Iowa employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals
- All Care Health Center
- Pottawattamie County Community
Foundation - ThinkSpace IT
- Omni Dental Centre
- Connections AAA
- Advance Southwest Iowa Corp.
- Midwest Ag Services Inc.
- CHI Health Clinic
- CHI Health Valley View Clinic
- CHI Health Clinic West Broadway
- Power Tech
- Woodrow wilson middle school
- Rue Elementary School
- Roosevelt Elementary School
- Longfellow Elementary School
- Lewis & Clark Elementary School
- Kirn Middle School
- Kanesville Tabernacle
- Hoover Elementary School
- Franklin Elementary School
- Edison Elementary
- Crescent Elementary School
- College View Elementary School
- Carter Lake Elementary School
- Bloomer Elementary School
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
Most Improved Counties
- 98% Pottawattamie
- 98% Des Moines
- 97% Lee
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.
