Kent, Michigan
Kent County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Aug 2016
Maintained 1: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Kent 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Kent County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 8273 | 1642 | 4677 | 1881 | 73 | + |
College | 261 | 35 | 117 | 84 | 25 | 21 | |
Current | Private | 1946 | 318 | 960 | 509 | 159 | 92 |
Public | 810 | 221 | 445 | 119 | 25 | 29 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 88 | 27 | 42 | 18 | + | + |
Unemployed | 3087 | 714 | 1690 | 546 | 137 | 72 | |
Recent Veteran | 26 | 0 | 7 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 712 | 95 | 173 | 64 | 24 | + | |
Totals | 14834 | 3052 | 8111 | 3224 | 447 | 222 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 8273 | 1642 | 4677 | 1881 | 73 | + |
College | 261 | 35 | 117 | 84 | 25 | 21 | |
Current | Private | 1946 | 318 | 960 | 509 | 159 | 92 |
Public | 810 | 221 | 445 | 119 | 25 | 29 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 88 | 27 | 42 | 18 | + | + |
Unemployed | 3087 | 714 | 1690 | 546 | 137 | 72 | |
Recent Veteran | 26 | 0 | 7 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 712 | 95 | 173 | 64 | 24 | + | |
Totals | 14834 | 3052 | 8111 | 3224 | 447 | 222 |
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, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1975 | 8556 |
✓
Current |
441 | 2877 |
Transitioning | 3449 | 3263 |
Workforce category not identified | 360 | 360 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Total Employers | 181 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 178 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 279 | 11 | 0 | |
Silver | 24 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Employers in Kent County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Axios Incorporated
- Terryberry Company LLC
Associated Builders & Contractors
Aquinas College
Tuff Turf Molebusters
- Farmers Insurance
Camp Fire West Michigan
- Kent Intermediate School District
- Die-Matic
- Goodwill Industries
- Open Systems Technologies
- Davenport University
- Junior Achievement
- Oliver Products
- Arcadia Home Care Staffing
- Home Builders Association
- North American Fuel Systems
Remanufacturing - KR Group
- Jeld-Wen
- American Autocoat Inc.
- Allied Industrial Supply
- Michigan Virtual University
- Rest Haven Homes Inc.
- Wolverine World Wide
- Stiles Machinery
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