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Forsyth, North Carolina
Forsyth County is a participating Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in earning their certified status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
98 %
of goals attainedProgress Towards Goals
Forsyth 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.
Forsyth 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 | 9609 | 2126 | 4092 | 2150 | 1241 |
College | 199 | 25 | 109 | 53 | 12 | |
Current | Private | 1343 | 277 | 690 | 304 | 72 |
Public | 561 | 170 | 293 | 81 | 17 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 47 | 10 | 23 | 11 | + |
Unemployed | 1734 | 389 | 977 | 300 | 68 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 3634 | 621 | 594 | 357 | 245 | |
Totals | 15318 | 3618 | 6782 | 3260 | 1658 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 9609 | 2126 | 4092 | 2150 | 1241 |
College | 199 | 25 | 109 | 53 | 12 | |
Current | Private | 1343 | 277 | 690 | 304 | 72 |
Public | 561 | 170 | 293 | 81 | 17 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 47 | 10 | 23 | 11 | + |
Unemployed | 1734 | 389 | 977 | 300 | 68 | |
Recent Veteran | 16 | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 3634 | 621 | 594 | 357 | 245 | |
Totals | 15318 | 3618 | 6782 | 3260 | 1658 |
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 May 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 592 | 9808 |
✓
Current |
165 | 1904 |
Transitioning | 1817 | 1789 |
Workforce category not identified | 1817 | 1817 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 225 | 198 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 64 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 42 | 4 | 2 | |
Silver | 19 | 2 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Participating High Schools
These Forsyth County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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West Forsyth High School
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RJ Reynolds High School
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Reagan High School
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SG Atkins Academic & Technology High School
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Parkland High School
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Mount Tabor High School
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JF Kennedy High School
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North Forsyth High School
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Carver High School
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RB Glenn High School
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East Forsyth High School
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Walkertown High School
Contact Us
For more information on Forsyth County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Forsyth County Community and Economic Development
3367032679
Employers in Forsyth County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Wilkes Communications / RiverStreet
Networks - Winston Salem Business Inc
- Forsyth Technical Community College
Novant Health
- Box Board Products Inc
- Bulldog Group Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
- Signarama (Clemmons)
- Pure Taekwondo Center
- Hampton Inn/ BPR Properties
- Financial Pathways of the Piedmont
- Fairway Independent Mortgage
ChemSource Direct
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
- Johnson Controls Inc
- Lighthouse Restaurant
Hawthorne Barber Shop
- REDVYNE Marketing & Web Design
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union
- Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate
- Long & Foster Winston-Salem NC
- Allen Tate Realtors
- LeanBack Soul Food llc.
- Jacobs & Brafford Realty LLC
- Iglesia Nueva Vida Inc.
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
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