Pottawattamie, Iowa
Pottawattamie County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Nov 2021
Maintained 1: Oct 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Pottawattamie 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
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 3329 | 928 | 1580 | 651 | 170 | 0 |
College | 115 | 10 | 47 | 48 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 733 | 150 | 357 | 192 | 34 | 44 |
Public | 404 | 136 | 190 | 63 | 15 | 14 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 35 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2144 | 625 | 1055 | 403 | 61 | 9 | |
Recent Veteran | 18 | + | + | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6770 | 1860 | 3249 | 1371 | 290 | 71 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3329 | 928 | 1580 | 651 | 170 | 0 |
College | 115 | 10 | 47 | 48 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 733 | 150 | 357 | 192 | 34 | 44 |
Public | 404 | 136 | 190 | 63 | 15 | 14 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 35 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2144 | 625 | 1055 | 403 | 61 | 9 | |
Recent Veteran | 18 | + | + | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6770 | 1860 | 3249 | 1371 | 290 | 71 |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 2958 | 3447 |
✓
Current |
912 | 1195 |
✓ Transitioning | 2066 | 2198 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 64 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 141 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 44 | 4 | 1 | |
Silver | 32 | 4 | ||
Gold | 9 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Pottawattamie County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce
Participating High Schools
These Pottawattamie County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Abraham Lincoln High School
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Thomas Jefferson High School
Contact Us
For more information on Pottawattamie County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce
7122565638
Employers in Pottawattamie County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Heartland Family Serives
- Warren Distribution
- Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
- Judd Knispel - State Farm Insurance
Agent - Carter Lake Elementary School
- Edison Elementary
- Kirn Middle School
- CHI Health Clinic West Broadway
- Connections AAA
- In Motion Entertainment
- Mutual of Omaha
- Dingman's Collision Center
- Aureus Group
- Lozier Corporation
- Lozier Store Fixtures Inc
- TC Properties LLC
- Hand Me Up Store
- Sudo Advisory LLC
- CHI Health at Home
- CHI Health Clinic Cardiology (Mercy
Council Bluffs) - CHI Health Clinic Endocrinology (Dundee)
- CHI Health Clinic Family Medicine
(Florence) - Midlands Living Center LLC
- Pollard Games
- Black Hills Energy
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