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Lamar, Mississippi
Lamar 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: Jun 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Lamar 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
Improved Certificates - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 706 | 120 | 289 | 187 | 110 |
College | 294 | 58 | 115 | 83 | 38 | |
Current | Private | 317 | 68 | 142 | 72 | 35 |
Public | 314 | 97 | 127 | 73 | 17 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 176 | 75 | 70 | 28 | + |
Unemployed | 1024 | 298 | 463 | 187 | 76 | |
Recent Veteran | 12 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2838 | 718 | 1210 | 631 | 279 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 706 | 120 | 289 | 187 | 110 |
College | 294 | 58 | 115 | 83 | 38 | |
Current | Private | 317 | 68 | 142 | 72 | 35 |
Public | 314 | 97 | 127 | 73 | 17 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 176 | 75 | 70 | 28 | + |
Unemployed | 1024 | 298 | 463 | 187 | 76 | |
Recent Veteran | 12 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2838 | 718 | 1210 | 631 | 279 |
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 | 486 | 1000 |
✓
Current |
235 | 631 |
✓ Transitioning | 448 | 1206 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 116 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 112 | 6 | 1 | |
Silver | 22 | 2 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Lamar County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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The Area Development Partnership
Contact Us
For more information on Lamar County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
The Area Development Partnership
601-408-9235
Employers in Lamar County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- Area Development Partnership
- Cooperative Energy
- Hattiesburg Public Schools
- Anderson Retail Inc.
- Trustmark
- Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush P.A.
- CrossPoint Community Church
- Heritage Vision Center Inc.
- Brown Bottling Group
- CYCLEBAR
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit
- Lake & Land Studio LLC
- HubHealth of South MS
- P&H Properties LLC
- Give & Take Kitchen Foundation
- Pearl River Valley Electric
- Jones
- Mr. Sippi Beverages
- Jackson Tullos & Rogers PLLC
- Java Moe's Coffee Company
- Jackson Brothers Construction Services
LLC - York Developments Inc
- Outback Self Storage
- Mississippi Power
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