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Yazoo County

Yazoo County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2020

Goals updated only for participating counties

Status History:

Certified: Jul 2019

88%

of maintaining goals completed

News for Yazoo County

Maintaining Goals

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
Emerging 121 106
Current 43 92
Transitioning 202 206
Workforce category not identified 0
Goals Actual
Improved Certificates 34 13

Employer Supporting Goals

Employers supporting 35
New and reaffirming employers support goal 19
New and reaffirming employers support actual 23

Yazoo County

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC		 Bronze
NCRC		 Silver
NCRC		 Gold
NCRC		 Platinum
NCRC
Emerging High School 16 14 + 0 0
College 90 34 40 12 4
Current Private 63 22 29 10 +
Public 29 9 15 4 +
Transitioning Adult Education 12 5 5 + +
Unemployed 194 93 85 14 +
Recent Veteran 0 0 0 0 0
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 404 177 176 41 10

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 Yazoo County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

* Pending re-affirmation

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Maintaining Goals

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
Emerging 121 106
Current 43 92
Transitioning 202 206
Workforce category not identified 0
Goals Actual
Improved Certificates 34 13

Employer Supporting Goals

Employers supporting 35
New and reaffirming employers support goal 19
New and reaffirming employers support actual 5

Improved ACT NCRC

To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Not Earned 4 0 0 0
Bronze 8 0 0
Silver 1 0
Gold 0

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This website reports the ACT® WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.


State and national ACT WorkKeys NCRC data runs from January 2006 through March 31, 2020 , while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through March 31, 2020 , while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level ACT WorkKeys NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.


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