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Sunflower, Mississippi
Sunflower County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jan 2017
Maintained 1: Jul 2019
Maintained 2: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Sunflower 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 |
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Emerging | High School | 812 | 393 | 326 | 71 | 22 |
College | 246 | 62 | 129 | 40 | 15 | |
Current | Private | 346 | 118 | 181 | 38 | 9 |
Public | 403 | 160 | 215 | 25 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 175 | 100 | 53 | 21 | + |
Unemployed | 1376 | 634 | 600 | 110 | 32 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 110 | 32 | 14 | 7 | + | |
Totals | 3418 | 1500 | 1521 | 312 | 85 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 812 | 393 | 326 | 71 | 22 |
College | 246 | 62 | 129 | 40 | 15 | |
Current | Private | 346 | 118 | 181 | 38 | 9 |
Public | 403 | 160 | 215 | 25 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 175 | 100 | 53 | 21 | + |
Unemployed | 1376 | 634 | 600 | 110 | 32 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | + | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 110 | 32 | 14 | 7 | + | |
Totals | 3418 | 1500 | 1521 | 312 | 85 |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 377 | 1058 |
✓
Current |
93 | 749 |
✓ Transitioning | 608 | 1556 |
Workforce category not identified | 55 | 55 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 13 | 2 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 181 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 192 | 8 | 0 | |
Silver | 14 | 1 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Sunflower County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Sunflower County Economic Development District
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Capps Technology Center
Participating High Schools
These Sunflower County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Sunflower County Consolidated Schools
Contact Us
For more information on Sunflower County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Sunflower County Economic Development District
662-887-3737
Employers in Sunflower County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Shurden Parts Company
- Indianola Chamber Main Street
- B.B. King Museum & Delta Intrepretive
Center - Sunflower County
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- Gresham Petroleum Co.
- S. Jones Laundries
- Sunflower County Consolidated School
District - Sunflower Lumber & Home Center Inc. II
- Delta Protein
- Protein Products Inc
- Young Ideas
- MS Police Supply
- Enterprise Tocsin
- North Sunflower Medical Center
- City of Indianola
- Drew Chamber of Commerce
- Planters Bank
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
- Indianola Insurance Agency
- Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
- C Spire
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Mississippi National Guard
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