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Buncombe, North Carolina
Buncombe County is a participating Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in earning their certified status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
93 %
of goals attainedProgress Towards Goals
Buncombe is actively participating in the Work Ready program. To become a Certified Work Ready Community, they must prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees. Requirements include:
- Having economic development advocates receive training at a Work Ready Bootcamp.
- Help members of the community's current, emerging and transitioning workforce earn National Career Readiness Certificates.
- Generate support among private and public employers in the community for hiring people who have earned an NCRC.
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 8473 | 1683 | 4061 | 2018 | 711 |
College | 110 | 16 | 50 | 38 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 528 | 62 | 244 | 181 | 41 |
Public | 301 | 82 | 155 | 54 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 53 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 5 |
Unemployed | 903 | 205 | 492 | 172 | 34 | |
Recent Veteran | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 4262 | 497 | 660 | 520 | 454 | |
Totals | 12506 | 2557 | 5696 | 2991 | 1262 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
|||||
Emerging | High School | 8473 | 1683 | 4061 | 2018 | 711 |
College | 110 | 16 | 50 | 38 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 528 | 62 | 244 | 181 | 41 |
Public | 301 | 82 | 155 | 54 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 53 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 5 |
Unemployed | 903 | 205 | 492 | 172 | 34 | |
Recent Veteran | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 4262 | 497 | 660 | 520 | 454 | |
Totals | 12506 | 2557 | 5696 | 2991 | 1262 |
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 Jun 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 355 | 8583 |
✓
Current |
98 | 829 |
Transitioning | 1038 | 963 |
Workforce category not identified | 2131 | 2131 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 201 | 174 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Silver | 8 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Employers in Buncombe County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Prysmian Group
Charter Communications
- Starr Electric Co Inc
- Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church
White Labs
Annie's Bakery Inc
- Avadim Technologies Inc
- The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of
Buncombe County - Mountain Area Workforce Development
Board Allegra Asheville - Marketing-Print-Mail
- City of Asheville
- Advanced Superabrasives Inc
- TE Connectivity
- Appalachian Tool & Machine Inc.
- East Fork Pottery
- Mangum Pottery
- Southern Highland Craft Guild Tunnel
Road - Shine Family Chiropractic
ACT Construction Equipment
- Mountain Area Health Education Center
- Kyocera International Inc.
Champion Credit Union
- Sutherland Insurance
- Southeastern Container Inc
- Range Urgent Care
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
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