Iowa

ACT WorkKeys NCRC Earned

Total: 141,786

Platinum:

6,276

Gold:

31,704

Silver:

71,296

Bronze:

32,510

Job Profiles Completed 86

Employers Supporting 435

Engaged January 2019

ACT WorkKeys NCRC Data:
01-01-2006 - 06-30-2026

6 of 99

communities participating

6%
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About Iowa Work Ready Communities

ACT Work Ready Communities (WRC) empowers communities and states with process, data and tools deployed in a common workforce development framework to drive economic growth by certifying communities as "work ready" when established goals are attained.

Think of it as a docking station where all participants plug into the common community-level ACT Work Ready Community criteria as part of establishing community 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 community's workforce development efforts to the needs of business and industry. The goal is for all participating communities 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.

More on how to engage

435 Iowa employers recognize the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Iowa communities’ goals

  • Billings and Company Inc.
  • Ames Lawn Care
  • Check Into Cash
  • City of Moville
  • Holiday Inn Sioux City
  • J&J Fitting LLC
  • JARCO Builders Ltd
  • KCAU-TV
  • Knife River Midwest
  • Marx Distribution
View All 435 Iowa businesses supporting ACT WorkKeys NCRC

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