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Rowan, North Carolina
Rowan County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jun 2023
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Rowan 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
Rowan 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 | 5282 | 1711 | 2504 | 835 | 232 |
College | 52 | 12 | 21 | 18 | + | |
Current | Private | 449 | 86 | 220 | 115 | 28 |
Public | 301 | 77 | 148 | 67 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 27 | 6 | 18 | + | + |
Unemployed | 699 | 168 | 377 | 141 | 13 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1444 | 317 | 239 | 113 | 53 | |
Totals | 7535 | 2378 | 3528 | 1292 | 337 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 5282 | 1711 | 2504 | 835 | 232 |
College | 52 | 12 | 21 | 18 | + | |
Current | Private | 449 | 86 | 220 | 115 | 28 |
Public | 301 | 77 | 148 | 67 | 9 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 27 | 6 | 18 | + | + |
Unemployed | 699 | 168 | 377 | 141 | 13 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 1444 | 317 | 239 | 113 | 53 | |
Totals | 7535 | 2378 | 3528 | 1292 | 337 |
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, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 2602 | 5334 |
✓
Current |
486 | 750 |
Transitioning | 821 | 729 |
Workforce category not identified | 722 | 722 |
Workforce | Total |
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Total Employers | 74 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 15 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Rowan County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Rowan–Cabarrus Community College
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Centralina Workforce Development Board
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NC Works
Contact Us
For more information on Rowan County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Rowan Economic Development Council
704-637-5526
Employers in Rowan County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Carolina Farm Credit
Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC
- Tar Heel Capital Corporation dba Wendy's
Restaurants Beaver Brothers Inc.
- Richard's Painting Co LLC
- Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency
Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Town of China Grove
- Trexler Watson Thompson & Dunn PLLC
- Gerry Wood Auto Group
- Snow Benefits Group
Distinctive Naturescapes Inc.
- Belle Realty Development Co
- Vulcan Materials Company
- KMD Construction
- Rowan County Tourism Development
Authority - Myers Forest Products Inc
- Select Timber Services Inc
- Wayne Brothers Inc.
- Sudden Impact Auto Body & Paint Shop
Inc. - Carolina Beverage Corporation
Vulcan Materials Company
- R. Want Bost Trucking Inc.
- Chroma color corp
- Burlington
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