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Craven, North Carolina
Craven County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Aug 2015
Maintained 1: May 2021
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Craven 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Economic Regions Including Craven
Craven County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3638 | 728 | 1733 | 830 | 347 |
College | 111 | 7 | 47 | 49 | 8 | |
Current | Private | 829 | 89 | 391 | 272 | 77 |
Public | 487 | 85 | 207 | 157 | 38 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 181 | 12 | 118 | 51 | 0 |
Unemployed | 643 | 134 | 311 | 147 | 51 | |
Recent Veteran | 246 | 6 | 49 | 57 | 11 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1384 | 177 | 210 | 172 | 133 | |
Totals | 6704 | 1238 | 3066 | 1735 | 665 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3638 | 728 | 1733 | 830 | 347 |
College | 111 | 7 | 47 | 49 | 8 | |
Current | Private | 829 | 89 | 391 | 272 | 77 |
Public | 487 | 85 | 207 | 157 | 38 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 181 | 12 | 118 | 51 | 0 |
Unemployed | 643 | 134 | 311 | 147 | 51 | |
Recent Veteran | 246 | 6 | 49 | 57 | 11 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1384 | 177 | 210 | 172 | 133 | |
Totals | 6704 | 1238 | 3066 | 1735 | 665 |
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 Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 635 | 3749 |
✓
Current |
116 | 1316 |
Transitioning | 1095 | 947 |
Workforce category not identified | 692 | 692 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 117 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 21 | 6 | 2 | |
Silver | 36 | 3 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Craven County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Craven County Schools
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Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board
Participating High Schools
These Craven County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Havelock High School
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New Bern High School
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West Craven High School
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Craven Early College
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Early College EAST
Contact Us
For more information on Craven County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board
252-636-6901
Employers in Craven County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Lenoir County Public Schools
- The UPS Store
- CarolinaEast Health System
- Monte Printing
- Lawson's Landing/ Aperitivo
- New Bern Tours & Convention
- professional auto svc inc
- Holden Temporaries Inc.
- Coastal Golf Inc
- New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce
- Adecco
- Trent Cadillac-Buick-GMC
- Hyundai of New Bern
- Joe Alcoke Chevrolet lincoln Mercury
Volvo - Hearne's Fine Jewelry
- La Rosa Italian Restaurant
- Cella Ford
- Bengel Hospitality
- Public Radio East
Greene Lamp Community Action
- YMCA Camp Sea Gull & YMCA Camp Seafarer
- Carteret General Hospital
- Aylward Enterprises
- JD&L Operations Division LLC dba Home
Instead Senior Care 759 - Hatteras CABO Yachts
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