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Simpson, Mississippi
Simpson County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Feb 2019
Maintained 1: Sep 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Simpson 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 4 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Simpson
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 694 | 322 | 222 | 107 | 43 |
College | 128 | 34 | 60 | 25 | 9 | |
Current | Private | 129 | 33 | 60 | 31 | 5 |
Public | 152 | 67 | 65 | 14 | 6 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 11 | 7 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 265 | 118 | 108 | 32 | 7 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 130 | 32 | 23 | 6 | + | |
Totals | 1447 | 614 | 543 | 216 | 74 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 694 | 322 | 222 | 107 | 43 |
College | 128 | 34 | 60 | 25 | 9 | |
Current | Private | 129 | 33 | 60 | 31 | 5 |
Public | 152 | 67 | 65 | 14 | 6 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 11 | 7 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 265 | 118 | 108 | 32 | 7 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 130 | 32 | 23 | 6 | + | |
Totals | 1447 | 614 | 543 | 216 | 74 |
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 Jan 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 258 | 822 |
✓
Current |
109 | 281 |
✓ Transitioning | 162 | 279 |
Workforce category not identified | 65 | 65 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Total Employers | 45 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Simpson County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Stephenie Sullivan
Contact Us
For more information on Simpson County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
601.643.8715
Employers in Simpson County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Simpson County Development Foundation
- Polk's Meat Products
- Peoples Bank
- MageeNews.com
- PALMER INSURANCE AGENCY
- Magee General Hospital
Los Parrilleros Mendenhall
- BOOTH DISCOUNT TIRE
Insurance Associates-Magee Inc
- Simpson General Hospital
Advanced Healthcare Management
- Simpson County School District
- Boswell Regional Center
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- City of Magee
- Multicraft International
- Steel Service Corporation | The
Preferred Steel Contractor - Hinds Community College - Rankin Campus
- Back Yard Burgers
- KLLM Transport Services
- Central Mississippi Planning and
Development District - Cooperative Energy
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Solar Group Inc.
- Mississippi National Guard
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