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Lee, North Carolina
Lee County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Lee 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
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
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 | 3723 | 980 | 1692 | 771 | 280 |
College | 75 | 14 | 43 | 16 | + | |
Current | Private | 204 | 37 | 124 | 40 | + |
Public | 130 | 34 | 80 | 15 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 47 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
Unemployed | 419 | 147 | 228 | 43 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1918 | 293 | 314 | 206 | 87 | |
Totals | 5562 | 1525 | 2508 | 1096 | 374 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3723 | 980 | 1692 | 771 | 280 |
College | 75 | 14 | 43 | 16 | + | |
Current | Private | 204 | 37 | 124 | 40 | + |
Public | 130 | 34 | 80 | 15 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 47 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
Unemployed | 419 | 147 | 228 | 43 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1918 | 293 | 314 | 206 | 87 | |
Totals | 5562 | 1525 | 2508 | 1096 | 374 |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 410 | 3798 |
✓
Current |
103 | 334 |
Transitioning | 609 | 471 |
Workforce category not identified | 959 | 959 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
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Employers Supporting | 68 | 103 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Lee County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Central Carolina Community College
Participating High Schools
These Lee County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Southern Lee High School
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Lee County High School
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Lee Early College
Contact Us
For more information on Lee County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Central Carolina Community College
919-718-7437
Employers in Lee County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Bragg Street Academy
- Broadway Elementary
- Floyd L. knight
- J.R Ingram
- Lee Early College
- Deep River
- DosterPost Foushee Post & Patton P.A.
- McNeill Paint Company
- Bowen Insurance Company
- Richard M. Carlson CPA
- Smith & Smith Orthodontics
- Wilson Machine
- Coty Inc.
- All Digital Printing
- NCWorks Career Center
- Sanford Auto Brokers
- Gross Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
LLC - Lee Builder Mart Inc.
- First Bank
- S T I Polymer
- Industrial Finishing Specialists
- Lisa M. Whalen - Thrivent Financial
- R & N Motor Company INC
- Pentair
- Noble Oil Services Inc
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