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Caldwell, North Carolina
Caldwell County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties

Status History:
Certified: Sep 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Caldwell 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 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Caldwell County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 3574 | 879 | 1770 | 748 | 177 |
College | 257 | 18 | 148 | 85 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 406 | 68 | 201 | 113 | 24 |
Public | 230 | 43 | 123 | 56 | 8 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 46 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 0 |
Unemployed | 865 | 174 | 519 | 157 | 15 | |
Recent Veteran | 18 | + | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1638 | 265 | 291 | 172 | 91 | |
Totals | 6206 | 1459 | 3083 | 1342 | 322 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
|||||
Emerging | High School | 3574 | 879 | 1770 | 748 | 177 |
College | 257 | 18 | 148 | 85 | 6 | |
Current | Private | 406 | 68 | 201 | 113 | 24 |
Public | 230 | 43 | 123 | 56 | 8 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 46 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 0 |
Unemployed | 865 | 174 | 519 | 157 | 15 | |
Recent Veteran | 18 | + | + | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 1638 | 265 | 291 | 172 | 91 | |
Totals | 6206 | 1459 | 3083 | 1342 | 322 |
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 | 581 | 3831 |
✓
Current |
98 | 636 |
✓ Transitioning | 857 | 920 |
Workforce category not identified | 819 | 819 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 91 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 14 | 4 | 1 | |
Silver | 4 | 0 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Employers in Caldwell County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Blue Ridge Tissue Corp.
- Wells Fargo Advisors
- Blue Ridge Electric Membership
Corporation - Sealed Air Corporation
- Town of Granite Falls
- Hospitality Mints LLC
- Caldwell Chamber of Commerce
- The Cognitive Connection
ProStaffing US LLC
- Labor Ready Inc
- Neptco Inc
- Brookdale Lenoir
- NWFXpress
- Food Lion
- Anything Office Inc
Bemis Manufacturing
Aiken Development LLC
- Nutex Concepts INC
Woodpecker Partners LLC
- Lexington Home Brands
- Sun Belt Xpress
- Leviton Manufacturing Inc
Kirlin Carolina's
A Signco
Vulcan Materials Company
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