Certificates Earned!
More than 5 million people in the United States have earned the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate® proving that they have the skills American employers need. Learn More.
Catawba County
Goals updated only for participating counties
Certified: Sep 2020


80%
of maintaining goals completed
Catawba County
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 4883 | 1083 | 2513 | 1028 | 259 |
College | 171 | 19 | 77 | 71 | 4 | |
Current | Private | 1010 | 198 | 541 | 230 | 41 |
Public | 508 | 131 | 285 | 86 | 6 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 46 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1835 | 458 | 1036 | 304 | 37 | |
Recent Veteran | 15 | + | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 320 | 74 | 144 | 71 | 31 | |
Totals | 8788 | 1978 | 4629 | 1803 | 378 |
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.
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Employers in Catawba County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Burlington
- ING Source Inc.
- Abernethy Laurels
- Wayne Brothers Inc.
- Catawba Valley Medical Center
- Shuford Yarns LLC
- Utility Solutions Inc
- Exela Pharma Sciences LLC
- Bernhardt
- Division of Workforce Solutions
- Poppelmann Plastics USA LLC
- Neptco Inc.
- Hickory Living Magazine Inc
- Carolina West Wireless
- Personnel Specialists
- Servpro of Catawba County West
- Appalachian State University-Hickory
Center - A Signco
- The Carswell Team
- Catawba County Government
- Corning Hickory Manufacturing &
Technology Center - Community Schools of Catawba
- US Conec Ltd
- Steele Rubber Products
- ERZ Technologies LLC
Solutions
University-Hickory Center
& Technology Center
Catawba
Company
Inc
Hospice of Catawba Valley

Governments
Department
Center
dba Wendy's Restaurants
Development Corp
Northwest NC
Donnelley
Commerce
College
Hickory NC
RiverStreet Networks
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ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2020
Workforce | |
---|---|
Emerging (High School/College) |
5054 |
Current (Employed Private/Public) |
1518 |
Transitioning (Adult Ed/Unemployed) |
1896 |
Workforce category not identified | 320 |
Cumulative Profiles Job/Curriculum |
0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
Not Earned | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 29 | 1 | 1 | |
Silver | 14 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
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