Forrest County

Forrest County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2023

Goals updated only for participating counties

Status History:

Certified: May 2020

Official ACT Work Ready Communities Certified badge superscript of a grey circle with the letter I in the middle of it

80%

of maintaining goals completed

chart showing 80 of maintaining goals completed for the county

Forrest County

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC
Bronze
NCRC
Silver
NCRC
Gold
NCRC
Platinum
NCRC
Emerging High School 1169 354 457 251 107
College 326 77 135 78 36
Current Private 424 118 198 87 21
Public 366 120 175 56 15
Transitioning Adult Education 327 195 94 35 +
Unemployed 850 291 418 103 38
Recent Veteran 10 5 5 0 0
Workforce category not identified + + 0 0 0
Totals 3474 1162 1482 610 220

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