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Lincoln, North Carolina
Lincoln 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
Lincoln 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
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 3044 | 704 | 1499 | 653 | 188 | 0 |
College | 36 | + | 17 | 16 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 414 | 79 | 223 | 92 | 20 | + |
Public | 196 | 40 | 129 | 26 | + | 5 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 123 | 27 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 771 | 197 | 463 | 103 | 8 | 7 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1306 | 185 | 237 | 149 | 82 | 0 | |
Totals | 5240 | 1235 | 2651 | 1054 | 300 | 16 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 3044 | 704 | 1499 | 653 | 188 | 0 |
College | 36 | + | 17 | 16 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 414 | 79 | 223 | 92 | 20 | + |
Public | 196 | 40 | 129 | 26 | + | 5 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 123 | 27 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 771 | 197 | 463 | 103 | 8 | 7 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1306 | 185 | 237 | 149 | 82 | 0 | |
Totals | 5240 | 1235 | 2651 | 1054 | 300 | 16 |
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 | 559 | 3080 |
✓
Current |
84 | 619 |
✓ Transitioning | 771 | 904 |
Workforce category not identified | 653 | 653 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 105 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 6 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Employers in Lincoln County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Manpower
- Advance Family Eyecare
- BBSI
- Campbell & Sons Machining Co. Inc.
- Carpenter Property Group LLC
- Double D Fabrication & Maintenence
Gilleland Realty Inc
- Houser Transport Inc
- Hydac Corporation
- Innovative Pest Management Inc
- Lincoln County Coalition Against Child
Abuse INC - Lincoln Economic Development Association
- Lincoln Family YMCA
- Lincoln Personnel
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Chamber of
Commerce - Precision Performance Coatings Inc.
- R & R Powder Coating
- Rich Lyon Insurance and Financial
Services Inc - Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
- RSI Home Products
- The King's Daughters Ministry
- Timken
United Way of Lincoln County
- Tar Heel Capital Corporation dba Wendy's
Restaurants - I-CARE Inc.
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