Hinds County
Hinds County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2019
Goals updated only for participating counties
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100%
of maintaining goals completed
Maintaining Goals
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 1110 | 963 |
Current
 |
120 | 1238 |
| Transitioning
|
954 | 1806 |
| Workforce category not identified | + |
| Goals | Actual | |
| Improved Certificates | 255 | 216 |
Employer Supporting Goals
| Employers supporting | 268 |
| New and reaffirming employers support goal |
225 |
| New and reaffirming employers support actual |
240 |
Hinds County
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
| Emerging | High School | 138 | 60 | 48 | 21 | 9 |
| College | 825 | 249 | 435 | 116 | 25 | |
| Current | Private | 797 | 303 | 340 | 118 | 36 |
| Public | 441 | 162 | 220 | 53 | 6 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 333 | 216 | 103 | 14 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 1470 | 669 | 604 | 149 | 48 | |
| Recent Veteran | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4009 | 1662 | 1752 | 471 | 124 | |
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.
Employers in Hinds County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Merchants Foodservice
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- At Home Care Inc.
- Central MS Area Agency on Aging
- Hinds Community Collge - JATC Division
of Adult Education and MI-BEST - Dickerson & Bowen Inc.
- C Spire
- West Quality Food Service Inc.
- Professional Management Solutions
- MS Credit Union Association
- Hinds County Board-Supervisors
- Eagle Ridge Golf Course
- Jackie Bland - State Farm Insurance
Agent - Playtime Entertainment
- MISSISSIPPI FAITH BASED COALITION for
Community Renewal - The Depot LLC-Managing Agent Greyhound
Bus Lines - Elite Healthcare Alliance - Dr. Joseph
Clay D.C. - Seraphim Solar USA Manufacturing Inc.
- Eagle Ridge Grill
- John Bell Williams Airport
- Hinds Meat Market
- Hinds County Career & Technical Center
- Richard's Front Wheel Drive
- French Awning & Screen Co.
- Mississippi First
(X) Close
Merchants Foodservice Mike Rozier Construction Co.
Inc. At Home Care Inc. Central MS Area Agency on
Aging Hinds Community Collge - JATC
Division of Adult Education
and MI-BEST Dickerson & Bowen Inc. C Spire West Quality Food Service Inc. Professional Management
Solutions MS Credit Union Association Hinds County Board-Supervisors Eagle Ridge Golf Course Jackie Bland - State Farm
Insurance Agent Playtime Entertainment MISSISSIPPI FAITH BASED
COALITION for Community
Renewal The Depot LLC-Managing Agent
Greyhound Bus Lines Elite Healthcare Alliance -
Dr. Joseph Clay D.C. Seraphim Solar USA
Manufacturing Inc. Eagle Ridge Grill John Bell Williams Airport Hinds Meat Market Hinds County Career &
Technical Center Richard's Front Wheel Drive French Awning & Screen Co. Mississippi First Mississippi Department of
Employment Security Wheeler's Janitorial Supplies Gator Jr's to Go Big Boyz Toyz Mississippi Iron Works Jason's Deli M-Bar Sports Grill The Seafood Shack Tower Loan Shapero Window & Door Co Raymond Glass Co Inc LLC Independent Roofing Systems R W Door & Hardware McNeely Plastics MS Urology Outpatient Surgery
Center PLLC Mississippi Urology Clinic
PLLC Eley|Barkley|Dale Architects Taxx Express Jackson Free Press Belhaven University Odom's Eye Care Hilton Garden Inn Jackson
Downtown CPR Cell Phone Repair Jackson Dale | Bailey an Association City of Jackson MS Chamber of
Commerce Marketing Alliance Inc. Old South Brick & Supply Co Methodist Children's Homes of
Mississippi Dale Partners Architects P.A. TempStaff Rich Perspectives WAS Design Landscape
Architects WAS Design Landscape
Architects Shelter Insurance - Jim Word The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen Central Mississippi Growth
Foundation MS Minority Business Alliance
Inc Delta Industries Inc Metal Coaters Funtime Preschool Mississippi Public Employee
Credit Union The Iron Horse Grill Stride Rite Fox's Pizza Den Pure Salon & Spa Shipley Do-Nuts Kemp's Pool Service Arby's Progressive Missionary Baptist
Church Anytime Fitness Allstate Insurance Agent:
Gwendolyn Hemphill Ckarats Beyond Pastabilities Ability Works IMS Logistics LLC Hal & Mal's Gentlemen Image Barber Gallery Guise Realty Inc TRINITY FINANCIAL & TAX
SERVICES The Development Academy New Horizon Christian Academy New Horizon Church
International Working Together Jackson Foundation for the Mid South CHS Auto Sales Gumbo Girl U-Haul B'z Bizzy Beez Sylvester's MS Style BBQ Catering By Tony's Tips Hubbards Mini Mart Siwell Liquors EnVision Eye Care & Optical
Boutique Burger King Hillcrest Motors Professional Staffing Group
LLC. MMI Hospitality Group Bomgar Advanced Drainage Systems Mcafee Safety Analysis Southern Farm Bureau MS Development Authority Morgan White Group Hilton Jackson - Spire
Hospitality MS Home Corp Staffers Inc. Office of State Aid Road
Construction Mississippi Insurance
Department Spire Hospitality Hinds Community College -
Office of Recruitment Hinds Community College
Foundation Hinds Community College -
Maintenance Division Hinds Community College -
Division of Institutional
Research Hinds Community College -
Division of Manufacturing
Training Hinds Community College Public
Relations Departent Hinds Community College
Business Office Hinds Community College -
Office of Financial Aid Hinds Community College -
Office of Admissions Hinds Community College -
Division of Developmental
Education Hinds Community College
Diesel Academy Hinds Community College -
Workforce Division Eagle Ridge Conference Center Hinds Community College -
District Division of
Counseling Hinds Community College -
Raymond Campus Division of
Academics Hinds Community College -
Raymond Campus Division of
Student Services Hinds Community College -
Raymond CTE Division Hinds Community College -
Center for Teaching and
Learning Hinds Community College -
Division of ELearning Nursing Allied Health Center
Campus Police 
PrintNursing Alied Heatlh Center -
Division of Student Services Hinds Community College -
Division of Allied Heatlh Hinds Community College -
Division of Nursing Education Hinds Community College - JATC
Campus Police Hinds Community College
Minority Male Leadership (M2M)
Initiative Hinds Community College - JATC
Student Service Division Hinds Community College - JATC
Academic Division Hinds Community College
Culinary Arts Division Hinds Community College JATC
CTE Division Elite Destinations Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza
& Ice Cream Joint BROAD STREET BAKING COMPANY &
CAFE BRAVO! Italian Restaurant The Westin Jackson Courtyard by Marriott Jackson
Ridgeland Metropolitan YMCAs of
Mississippi / Metro Jackson
YMCA Yum Yum's Kitchen According to the Word Dental Solutions of Clinton Cooperative Energy North
President Street Jackson MS
USA Brown Bottling Group Mississippi Department of
Rehabilitation Services New Vineyard Church New Vineyard Academy NBA Machine Shop Inc. Taylor Power Continental Tire the Americas
LLC Clinton Hinds County Schools
Superintendent Allied Crawford Steel Southcentral Mississippi Works
Local Workforce Development
Area Central Mississippi Planning
and Development District Clark Beverage Group Inc. -
Jackson KLLM Transport Services Magnolia Label Co Inc
Interstate 55 Byram MS USA Atmos Energy Corporation Hinds Community College -
Utica Adult Education and
MI-BEST Division Hinds Community College -
Raymond Adult Education and
MI-BEST Division Hinds Community Collge - JATC
Division of Adult Education
and MI-BEST Half Shell Oyster House American Medical Response
(AMR) Salvation Army Prime Care Nursing Workplace Solutions Barefield KINGS Leadership & Development
Institute Steel Service The Clinton Courier George's Museum Cafe Jackson Preparatory School Community Bank BKD LLP Global Sector Services Inc. Trustmark Bank Back Yard Burgers Premium Waters Inc Hunter Engineering Company Mississippi Community College
Board Hinds Community College -
Jackson Academic/Technical
Center Hinds Community College -
Nursing/Allied Health Campus Hinds Community College -
Rankin Campus Hinds Community College -
Vicksburg Campus Hinds Community College -
Utica Campus Steel Service Corporation |
The Preferred Steel Contractor Multicraft International Brown Bottling Group Inc. Healing Touch Career College CRW Truck Driving School 5LINX Durham School Services Primerica Owens Moss PLLC 100 Black Men of Jackson Inc LTM Enterprise Inc Catchings Insurance Mutual Credit Union Families First/MCEC At Home Care Inc Entergy Jackson Heart Clinic Mississippi Development
Authority Smitty's Food Mart Forestry Suppliers Inc. Advanced Healthcare Management SuperTalk Missisippi B.E.S.T. LLC College Options Foundation MINACT Inc Watkins Ward and Stafford PLLC Mississippi Manufacturers
Association MS Economic Development
Council Voice of Calvary Ministries Nucor Steel Jackson Ergon Inc. Puckett Machinery Jackson State University Reddix Medical Group Gibbs Travis PLLC Mangia Bene Restaurant
Management Group Inc. St. Dominic Health Services Jackson Municipal Airport
Authority Thompson Wealth Advisors Pruet Production Company Mississippi Economic
Development Council AJA Management Cornerstone Government Affairs Trustmark National Bank Brunini Grantham Grower &
Hewes Cowboy Maloney Advanced Environmental
Consultants Inc Regions Health Care Benefit Options Cooperative Energy MBI Group LLC BKD LLP (Jackson MS) U.S. Coating Specialties &
Supplies LLC Revell Hardware Company Inc. National Awards Inc. Hinds Community College Hinds County Economic
Development Authority JSU Small Business Development
Center Milwaukee Tool Mangia Bene Resturant
Management Group Baptist Health System Jackson Public SchoolsKevin Entergy Nuclear Bank Plus Neel-Schaffer Tougaloo College The Church Triumphant The Life Support Center Griffith Financial Service LLC Bridges Law Group Greater Jackson Chamber
Partnership Dickerson & Bowen Inc. Greater Jackson Alliance
Inc.
Aging
Division of Adult Education
and MI-BEST
Solutions
Insurance Agent
COALITION for Community
Renewal
Greyhound Bus Lines
Dr. Joseph Clay D.C.
Manufacturing Inc.
Technical Center
Employment Security
Center PLLC
PLLC
Downtown
Commerce
Mississippi
Architects
Architects
Foundation
Inc
Credit Union
Church
Gwendolyn Hemphill
SERVICES
International
Boutique
LLC.
Hospitality
Construction
Department
Office of Recruitment
Foundation
Maintenance Division
Division of Institutional
Research
Division of Manufacturing
Training
Relations Departent
Business Office
Office of Financial Aid
Office of Admissions
Division of Developmental
Education
Diesel Academy
Workforce Division
District Division of
Counseling
Raymond Campus Division of
Academics
Raymond Campus Division of
Student Services
Raymond CTE Division
Center for Teaching and
Learning
Division of ELearning
Campus Police
PrintDivision of Student Services
Division of Allied Heatlh
Division of Nursing Education
Campus Police
Minority Male Leadership (M2M)
Initiative
Student Service Division
Academic Division
Culinary Arts Division
CTE Division
& Ice Cream Joint
CAFE
Ridgeland
Mississippi / Metro Jackson
YMCA
President Street Jackson MS
USA
Rehabilitation Services
LLC Clinton
Superintendent
Local Workforce Development
Area
and Development District
Jackson
Interstate 55 Byram MS USA
Utica Adult Education and
MI-BEST Division
Raymond Adult Education and
MI-BEST Division
Division of Adult Education
and MI-BEST
(AMR)
Institute
Board
Jackson Academic/Technical
Center
Nursing/Allied Health Campus
Rankin Campus
Vicksburg Campus
Utica Campus
The Preferred Steel Contractor
Authority
Association
Council
Management Group Inc.
Authority
Development Council
Hewes
Consultants Inc
Supplies LLC
Development Authority
Center
Management Group
Partnership
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Maintaining Goals
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 1110 | 963 |
| Current
|
120 | 1238 |
| Transitioning
|
954 | 1806 |
| Workforce category not identified | + |
| Goals | Actual | |
| Improved Certificates | 255 | 216 |
Employer Supporting Goals
| Employers supporting | 268 |
| New and reaffirming employers support goal |
225 |
| New and reaffirming employers support actual |
240 |
Hinds County
Service Delivery for ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Participating High Schools
If you are an employer and want more information on how to access services, please contact:
Hinds County Economic Development Authority601-353-6056
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
| Not Earned | 63 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 127 | 3 | 0 | |
| Silver | 8 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
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