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Alamance

66%

of goals attained

Alexander

Alleghany

Anson

Ashe

55%

of goals attained

Avery

Beaufort

Bertie

Bladen

Brunswick

71%

of goals attained

Buncombe

91%

of goals attained

Burke

Cabarrus

95%

of goals attained

Caldwell

Camden

Carteret

Caswell

Catawba

100%

of goals attained

Chatham

Cherokee

57%

of goals attained

Chowan

Clay

77%

of goals attained

Cleveland

Columbus

100%

of goals attained

Craven

Cumberland

Currituck

Dare

Davidson

Davie

Duplin

Durham

Edgecombe

Forsyth

92%

of goals attained

Franklin

Gaston

Gates

Graham

56%

of goals attained

Granville

Greene

Guilford

Halifax

Harnett

Haywood

61%

of goals attained

Henderson

Hertford

Hoke

Hyde

Iredell

Jackson

51%

of goals attained

Johnston

Jones

Lee

Lenoir

Lincoln

Macon

56%

of goals attained

Madison

76%

of goals attained

Martin

McDowell

Mecklenburg county chart

74%

of goals attained

Mitchell

Montgomery

Moore

Nash

New Hanover county chart

73%

of goals attained

Northampton

Onslow

Orange

Pamlico

Pasquotank county chart

92%

of goals attained

Pender

88%

of goals attained

Perquimans

Person

Pitt

Polk

Randolph

Richmond

Robeson

Rockingham

Rowan

98%

of goals attained

Rutherford

Sampson

Scotland

Stanly

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Stokes

Surry

Swain

82%

of goals attained

Transylvania

Tyrrell

Union

Vance

Wake

93%

of goals attained

Warren

Washington

Watauga

Wayne

Wilkes

Wilson

Yadkin

Yancey

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234 7204 248 146 27 13

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321 8322 218 178 40 20

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189 5683 131 93 27 8

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146 3712 59 42 17 9

Number Of Monthly ACT WorkKeys NCRC Earned

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Number Of Employers Supporting

About North Carolina Work Ready Communities

One of North Carolina’s greatest strengths is our educated and engaged workforce. But in today’s competitive global marketplace, where North Carolina competes for top talent with economies around the world, we must do more to strengthen our workforce and fill the talent pipeline. Workforce development has been a priority in North Carolina for many years. A talent pipeline with the necessary foundational and technical skills for success is a primary goal for education, business and workforce professionals.

The NC Work Ready Communities initiative is a partnership between the NC Work Ready Certified Communities State team and the ACT Work Ready Communities team to support economic development throughout the state by providing counties with a framework to validate that they have a skilled workforce ready to fill current and future jobs. Counties applying for certification form collaborative partnerships with local chambers of commerce, local workforce development boards, public schools, community colleges and business leaders. Together they create the framework for achieving certification goals, including increasing high school graduation rates, the number of ACT National Career Readiness Certificates™ (ACT NCRC®) and employer engagement.

The NC Work Ready Communities state team consists of members from the NC Chamber Foundation, the NC Community Colleges System Office, the NC Department of Public Instruction (CTE Division), the NC Department of Commerce (Division of Workforce Solutions), regional economic development professionals, and local community college leaders. The NC Department of Public Instruction (CTE Division) serves at the final certifying body to designate a county as a Certified Work Ready Community.

High school seniors in public schools who have a CTE concentration (four technical credits in a Career Cluster) take the ACT WorkKeys® assessments needed to earn an ACT NCRC®.

Benefits of the program for business include competitive cost models through lower employee turnover, decreased training time and costs, and related efficiencies that enhance North Carolina's global competitiveness. Increasing support of the ACT NCRC is a key strategy; the goal is to have eight of the 10 largest employers in each participating county recognize or recommend the workplace credential.

For more information on NC Work Ready Communities or to begin an application, please visit the website.

North Carolina employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals

Mission Mobile Medical Group
LeanBack Soul Food llc.
IBS Inc.
Allen Tate Realtors
Bots Staffing
Open Door Ministries of High Point Inc.
Net Recycling LLC
gotcha covered upholstery llc
Cartrette Companies
Xtreme Wireless
HBA Winston Salem
Winston Salem Regional Association
Inspire Creative Studios
Shine Family Chiropractic
Zaxby's Chicken Fingers & Buffalo Wings
Whiteville Fabrics
Gann Memorials
Agri-Industrial Supply Co
First Citizens Bank
Southern Tire Pros
Pawn South Whiteville
Powell & Powell Attorneys at Law
Council Tool Co
J S Mann's
Pace Health Network LLC

View all 3388 North Carolina businesses supporting ACT WorkKeys NCRC

North Carolina

ACT WorkKeys NCRC Levels

Total514,978

Job Profiles Completed 973

Employers Supporting 3388

About North Carolina Work Ready Communities

North Carolina employers are recognizing the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Work Ready Communities goals

Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?

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