Illinois
Community


ACT WorkKeys NCRC Levels
- Platinum2,828
- Gold38,727
- Silver81,725
- Bronze36,056
Total159,336
Job Profiles Completed
98
ACT WorkKeys NCRC Data:
01-01-2006 - 04-30-2022
Bronze
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25 9 7 9 8 40
Silver
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38 26 13 12 36 61
Gold
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29 24 13 33 37 41
Platinum
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24 10 14 10 18 21

3 of 102 counties participating
About Illinois 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
Illinois employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals
- Botkin Lumber Company Inc.
- Bison Gear & Engineering Corp.
- Prestige Private Alternatives
- Joliet Junior College
- JC Penney
- Meridian Medical Associates
- Schulze and Burch Biscuit Company
- United Cerebral Palsy of IL Prairieland
- Associated
- Addus Healthcare
- Walco Tool & Engineering
- RockTenn
- Ingredion Incorporated
- Azimuth LLC
- A.S.G. Staffing Inc.
- AmerisourceBergen
- Painters USA Inc
- W.W. Grainger
- Kamran Staffing
- Big Jim WVA Helping Hand LLC
- Chicago Tube & Iron
- Jimmy Johns
- Hickory Farms
- Workforce Investment Board of Will
County - Heartland Community College
- Regional Office of Education #17
- Bloomington-Normal Economic Development
Council - McLean County Unit District #5
- First Staff Services
- Mudron Kane Insurance
- Stepping Stones Inc.
- KSKJ Life
- Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital
- GAD Group Technology Inc.
- Joliet Township High School District
#204 - Will County Center for Economic
Development - Willett Hofmann & Associates Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Will County Farm Bureau
- McLean County Chamber of Commerce
- Magid Glove and Safety
- GFI Digital Inc.
- Will County Regional Office of Education
- Project Oz
- The Normalite Newspaper Group
- CIRBN
- BEER NUTS Inc.
- Great Plains Media Inc.
- Heartland Head Start
- Marcfirst
- P/L/R Insurance
- Reiser Chinski & Co. LLP
- Coldwell Banker Honig Bell
- Schneider National
- Presence Health
- Village of New Lenox
- Taft School DIstrict 90
- COUNTRY Financial
- Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal
- Regional Alternative School
- Lexington CUSD 7
- LeRoy CUSD #2
- Illinois State Laboratory Schools
- District 87 Schools
- NTT Data Inc.
- Cybernautic Design
- Afni Inc.
- Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
- Mueller Reece & Hinch LLC
- Town of Normal
- City of Bloomington Township
- YWCA
- Home Sweet Home Ministries Inc.
- Housing Authority of the City of
Bloomington - Water Mold & Fire Restoration
- The Snyder Companies
- Integrity Technology Solutions
- Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Big Frog Custom Tshirts & Printing
- Normal CornBelters
- Bobbie Noonan Childcare
- New Lenox Chamber of Commerce
- Shorewood Chamber of Commerce
- TCBY Shorewood & Naperville
- Salon David Anthony
- Post Net Shorewood
- Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce
- Bolingbrook Golf Club
- Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce
- Eich's Sports
- Red Orthodontics LTD
- Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce
- Zippy Shell
- Anttix Inc
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Ron Tirapelli Ford
- Schwans
- Plainfield Park District
- Joliet Slammers Baseball
- Plainfield Public Library
- Farmers Insurance
- J&J Repair Heating & Cooling
- EmbroidMe
- Northern Insurance Service LTD
- Open Source Classroom
- Biaggi's Restaurant - Corporate
Headquarters - Straight Up Solar
- Park Pointe Healthcare and
Rehabilitation Center - Pridestaff
- DNDC Telephone
- Bizz Grizz
- Poppe Doula
- CQI Associates
- Express Employment Professionals
- Combined Insurance Company of America
- Express Employment Professionals of
Joliet - Ferrara Candy Company
- Mid Illini Credit Union
- ATI Physical Therapy
- Symphonyri
- Transdev North America Inc.
- Habitat for Humanity of McLean County
- ATI Physical Therapy
- Information Resources Inc. Symphonyri
- ATI Physical Therapy
- Illinois Corn Processing llc
- The Greater Springfield Chamber of
Commerce - The Greater Springfield Chamber of
Commerce - Manpower
- City of Springfield
- In Terminal Services
- Springfield Public School District 186
- National Catastrophe Solutions
- Land of Lincoln Workforce Alliance
- Lincoln Land Community College
- International Eyecare Center
- The Arizona Tile Company
- Charlie Parker's Diner
- All In One On-Site Wash & Detail
- Illini Bank
- Alice Campbell Staffing Inc.
- Advanced Healthcare Services LLC
- Dick Van Dyke Appliance World
- Vertical Communications
- Neuhoff Media
- FIRM Systems
- Land of Lincoln Credit Union
- Regional Office of Career and Technical
Education - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois
Capitol Region - Kidzeum of Health and Science
- Targeted Marketing Resources
- Landmark Automotive Group
- Community Foundation for the Land of
Lincoln - Innovate Springfield
- Jefferson Franklin Community Action
Corporation - William Nobbe & Co Inc
- Anderson Law Firm
- Decatur IL tow truck
- Innovative Homecare Solutions Inc.
- 127 IL. LLC DBA Bloom Medicinals
- Clifford Law Offices PC
- Thesocketlocker
- Horwitz Horwitz & Associates
- Seidman Margulis & Fairman LLP
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
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.