Clay, Missouri
Clay County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Clay 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 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Add ACT WorkKeys Curriculum - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 5390 | 1718 | 2360 | 923 | 389 | 0 |
College | 80 | 8 | 43 | 28 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 456 | 137 | 193 | 88 | 38 | + |
Public | 409 | 169 | 179 | 56 | 5 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 14 | 5 | 7 | + | + | + |
Unemployed | 1856 | 677 | 850 | 249 | 80 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 46 | 5 | 9 | + | 5 | 0 | |
Totals | 8233 | 2720 | 3644 | 1350 | 519 | 12 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 5390 | 1718 | 2360 | 923 | 389 | 0 |
College | 80 | 8 | 43 | 28 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 456 | 137 | 193 | 88 | 38 | + |
Public | 409 | 169 | 179 | 56 | 5 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 14 | 5 | 7 | + | + | + |
Unemployed | 1856 | 677 | 850 | 249 | 80 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 46 | 5 | 9 | + | 5 | 0 | |
Totals | 8233 | 2720 | 3644 | 1350 | 519 | 12 |
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 Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1025 | 5471 |
✓
Current |
110 | 869 |
✓ Transitioning | 515 | 1882 |
Workforce category not identified | 23 | 23 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 180 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 76 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
Bronze | 35 | 2 | 1 | |
Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Clay County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Clay County Economic Development Council
Contact Us
For more information on Clay County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Clay County Economic Development Council
8164684989
Employers in Clay County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Special Delivery Cloth Diaper Service
LLC Kristl & Lieber LLC
- Signcraft Inc
- William Jewell College
Excelsior Springs Area Chamber of
Commerce- Excelsior Springs Standard
- K-9 Clips
- City of Pleasant Valley
- Community Bank of Missouri
- Jim's Disposal Service
- Clay Co Public Health Center
- Chiropractic Kinesiology Clinic
- Performance Payroll
- Professional Accounting Services of KC
LLC - Target Direct Marketing
- Total E Clips Salon & Restore Day Spa
- Village of Claycomo
- Waddell & Reed
- McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff
- Retro Bowl
- City of Excelsior Springs
- Re/Max Area Real Estate (Melissa
Simmons) - Slightly Off Broadway
- The Elms Hotel & Spa
- Kessinger Law Firm
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