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Richmond, North Carolina
Richmond County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
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
Richmond 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 |
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Emerging | High School | 2843 | 940 | 1320 | 480 | 103 |
College | 113 | 17 | 68 | 27 | + | |
Current | Private | 202 | 51 | 106 | 40 | 5 |
Public | 218 | 59 | 119 | 32 | 8 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 20 | 12 | 7 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 834 | 276 | 470 | 82 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 798 | 148 | 123 | 52 | 15 | |
Totals | 4631 | 1503 | 2215 | 714 | 138 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2843 | 940 | 1320 | 480 | 103 |
College | 113 | 17 | 68 | 27 | + | |
Current | Private | 202 | 51 | 106 | 40 | 5 |
Public | 218 | 59 | 119 | 32 | 8 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 20 | 12 | 7 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 834 | 276 | 470 | 82 | 6 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 798 | 148 | 123 | 52 | 15 | |
Totals | 4631 | 1503 | 2215 | 714 | 138 |
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 Mar 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 308 | 2956 |
✓
Current |
56 | 420 |
✓ Transitioning | 483 | 856 |
Workforce category not identified | 399 | 399 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
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Employers Supporting | 45 | 21 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Richmond County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Richmond County Schools
Participating High Schools
These Richmond County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Richmond Senior High
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Richmond Early College
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Ashley Chapel Educational Center
Contact Us
For more information on Richmond County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Richmond County Schools
9105825860
Employers in Richmond County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Richmond County Schools
- Ritz Craft Corp of NC
- Hood Packaging Corporation
- LTL Home Products Inc
- Perdue Farms
- J T Yates Electric Company
- Big Rock Sports LLC
- NCWorks Career Center - Richmond
- Helms Jewelers
- Classic Apparel
- Dawkins & Associates Insurors Inc.
- K2 Solutions Inc.
- FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital
- Jeff VunCannon
- County of Richmond
- Martins Heating & Cooling LLC
- Jenkins Automotive & Industrial Supply
Inc. - Stogner Architecture
- City of Hamlet
- The Berry Patch of Rockingham INC.
- Richmond County Partnership for Children
- Champion Ford Lincoln
- Kirlin Carolina's
- Vulcan Materials Company
- Southern Fabricators Inc.
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