Wayne, Missouri
Wayne County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2019
Maintained 1: May 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Wayne 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 1 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 113 | 53 | 36 | 21 | + | 0 |
| College | 26 | + | 13 | 11 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Public | 9 | + | 6 | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 105 | 31 | 52 | 19 | + | + | |
| Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 282 | 96 | 117 | 62 | 7 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
| Emerging | High School | 113 | 53 | 36 | 21 | + | 0 |
| College | 26 | + | 13 | 11 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Public | 9 | + | 6 | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 105 | 31 | 52 | 19 | + | + | |
| Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 282 | 96 | 117 | 62 | 7 | + | |
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 Oct 31, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 174 | 139 |
|
Current |
42 | 34 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 97 | 110 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 43 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
Employers in Wayne County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- South Central Missouri Community Action
Agency - Rhodes 101 Stops
- Family Counseling Center Inc.
- Greenville RII School District
- Lewis Insurance Agency
- Hillbilly Pro LLC
- Brinkley Enterprises Inc.
- Brinkley Logging Inc.
- Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel
- Life Matters Inc
Life's Bridges Inc
- Smitty's Garage & Detailing
- CITY OF PIEDMONT
- Clearwater Store and Cafe
Rhonda Cates
Graham Farms
- CertainTeed Gads Hill
- Dennis Hovis Insurance
- American Family Insurance - Kimberly
Volz - Turnbough Building Supply Inc
- Coleman Shoe & Clothoing
- Deerly Loved Boutique
- Peoples Community Bank
- Wayne County Farm Bureau
- Bug Zero
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