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Jones County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 29, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Oct 2019
Maintained 1: Jun 2023
Jones 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.
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 1213 | 398 | 486 | 231 | 98 |
College | 904 | 251 | 328 | 221 | 104 | |
Current | Private | 964 | 266 | 415 | 190 | 93 |
Public | 484 | 152 | 227 | 72 | 33 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 98 | 47 | 38 | 11 | + |
Unemployed | 1336 | 503 | 622 | 161 | 50 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 6 | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 5007 | 1621 | 2118 | 888 | 380 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 1213 | 398 | 486 | 231 | 98 |
College | 904 | 251 | 328 | 221 | 104 | |
Current | Private | 964 | 266 | 415 | 190 | 93 |
Public | 484 | 152 | 227 | 72 | 33 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 98 | 47 | 38 | 11 | + |
Unemployed | 1336 | 503 | 622 | 161 | 50 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 6 | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Totals | 5007 | 1621 | 2118 | 888 | 380 |
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
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 29, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 784 | 2117 |
✓
Current |
381 | 1448 |
✓ Transitioning | 581 | 1439 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 3 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 34 | 85 |
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 74 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 121 | 4 | 0 | |
Silver | 6 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
These are the locations in Jones County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
Jones College
Economic Development Authority of Jones County
These Jones County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
Laurel High School
West Jones High School
South Jones High School
Northeast Jones High School
Laurel Christian School
For more information on Jones County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Jones College
601-477-4113
Denotes this employers recommends job candidates have a Workkeys Certificate. Other employers recognize when job candidates hold a certificate.