Minnesota

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27051 Grant 0.50 0.50 us-mn-051 GR 27149 Stevens 0.50 0.50 us-mn-149 ST 27019 Carver 0.34 0.50 us-mn-019 CA 27143 Sibley 0.59 0.50 us-mn-143 SI 27151 Swift 0.50 0.50 us-mn-151 SW 27169 Winona 0.31 0.49 us-mn-169 WI 27045 Fillmore 0.50 0.50 us-mn-045 FI 27005 Becker 0.50 0.50 us-mn-005 BE 27057 Hubbard 0.50 0.50 us-mn-057 HU 27173 Yellow Medicine 0.59 0.49 us-mn-173 YM 27041 Douglas 0.50 0.50 us-mn-041 DO 27121 Pope 0.50 0.50 us-mn-121 PO 27077 Lake of the Woods 0.50 0.72 us-mn-077 LO 27007 Beltrami 0.63 0.58 us-mn-007 BE 27037 Dakota 0.50 0.50 us-mn-037 DA 27131 Rice 0.50 0.50 us-mn-131 RI 27147 Steele 0.50 0.50 us-mn-147 ST 27013 Blue Earth 0.50 0.50 us-mn-013 BE 27161 Waseca 0.50 0.50 us-mn-161 WA 27033 Cottonwood 0.50 0.50 us-mn-033 CO 27127 Redwood 0.40 0.61 us-mn-127 RE 27081 Lincoln 0.50 0.50 us-mn-081 LI 27135 Roseau 0.50 0.50 us-mn-135 RO 27089 Marshall 0.50 0.51 us-mn-089 MA 27113 Pennington 0.50 0.49 us-mn-113 PE 27159 Wadena 0.50 0.50 us-mn-159 WA 27111 Otter Tail 0.50 0.50 us-mn-111 OT 27153 Todd 0.50 0.50 us-mn-153 TO 27097 Morrison 0.50 0.67 us-mn-097 MO 27021 Cass 0.56 0.33 us-mn-021 CA 27101 Murray 0.50 0.50 us-mn-101 MU 27167 Wilkin 0.66 0.50 us-mn-167 WI 27155 Traverse 0.73 0.48 us-mn-155 TR 27165 Watonwan 0.50 0.50 us-mn-165 WA 27053 Hennepin 0.53 0.53 us-mn-053 HE 27079 Le Sueur 0.65 0.50 us-mn-079 LS 27065 Kanabec 0.50 0.50 us-mn-065 KA 27059 Isanti 0.34 0.50 us-mn-059 IS 27115 Pine 0.50 0.42 us-mn-115 PI 27063 Jackson 0.50 0.50 us-mn-063 JA 27011 Big Stone 0.61 0.37 us-mn-011 BS 27107 Norman 0.50 0.50 us-mn-107 NO 27055 Houston 0.50 0.50 us-mn-055 HO 27099 Mower 0.50 0.50 us-mn-099 MO 27109 Olmsted 0.49 0.50 us-mn-109 OL 27047 Freeborn 0.50 0.50 us-mn-047 FR 27039 Dodge 0.50 0.50 us-mn-039 DO 27093 Meeker 0.50 0.50 us-mn-093 ME 27171 Wright 0.39 0.62 us-mn-171 WR 27073 Lac qui Parle 0.40 0.62 us-mn-073 LQ 27067 Kandiyohi 0.50 0.50 us-mn-067 KA 27023 Chippewa 0.59 0.37 us-mn-023 CH 27137 St. Louis 0.50 0.55 us-mn-137 SL 27105 Nobles 0.50 0.50 us-mn-105 NO 27071 Koochiching 0.44 0.54 us-mn-071 KO 27049 Goodhue 0.43 0.63 us-mn-049 GO 27025 Chisago 0.58 0.72 us-mn-025 CH 27003 Anoka 0.50 0.36 us-mn-003 AN 27015 Brown 0.56 0.64 us-mn-015 BR 27083 Lyon 0.50 0.50 us-mn-083 LY 27133 Rock 0.50 0.50 us-mn-133 RO 27117 Pipestone 0.50 0.50 us-mn-117 PI 27163 Washington 0.50 0.20 us-mn-163 WA 27069 Kittson 0.50 0.50 us-mn-069 KI 27029 Clearwater 0.49 0.50 us-mn-029 CL 27119 Polk 0.30 0.55 us-mn-119 PO 27043 Faribault 0.50 0.50 us-mn-043 FA 27145 Stearns 0.43 0.39 us-mn-145 ST 27009 Benton 0.63 0.50 us-mn-009 BE 27095 Mille Lacs 0.50 0.18 us-mn-095 ML 27141 Sherburne 0.62 0.32 us-mn-141 SH 27123 Ramsey 0.49 0.27 us-mn-123 RA 27129 Renville 0.58 0.37 us-mn-129 RE 27085 McLeod 0.50 0.50 us-mn-085 MC 27017 Carlton 0.50 0.50 us-mn-017 CA 27075 Lake 0.51 0.46 us-mn-075 LA 27001 Aitkin 0.49 0.44 us-mn-001 AI 27091 Martin 0.50 0.50 us-mn-091 MA 27027 Clay 0.49 0.50 us-mn-027 CL 27087 Mahnomen 0.50 0.50 us-mn-087 MA 27157 Wabasha 0.39 0.50 us-mn-157 WA 27031 Cook 0.39 0.43 us-mn-031 CO 27103 Nicollet 0.68 0.50 us-mn-103 NI 27125 Red Lake 0.50 0.50 us-mn-125 RL 27061 Itasca 0.50 0.44 us-mn-061 IT 27035 Crow Wing 0.51 0.50 us-mn-035 CW 27139 Scott 0.74 0.50 us-mn-139 SC
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About Minnesota 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

Minnesota employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals

Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?

This website reports the ACT® WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.

State and national ACT WorkKeys NCRC data runs from January 2006 through August 31, 2023, while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through August 31, 2023, while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level ACT WorkKeys NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.

WorkKeys® assessments are used across the nation, and many states have built their own Career Readiness Certificates based upon WorkKeys assessment results. You will find an asterisk denoting those states. This website will continue to evolve as the first two rounds of participating states give us feedback on what they would like to see -- and based on your feedback, as well.

Please contact us if you have comments, questions or would like to receive more information.