Douglas, Nebraska
Douglas County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Mar 2019
Maintained 1: Feb 2022
Maintained 2: Sep 2022
Maintained 3: Feb 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Douglas 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current 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 |
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Emerging | High School | 1430 | 695 | 486 | 182 | 67 | 0 |
College | 416 | 94 | 143 | 121 | 58 | + | |
Current | Private | 1001 | 249 | 374 | 252 | 126 | 25 |
Public | 514 | 219 | 209 | 64 | 22 | 5 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 152 | 68 | 52 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2357 | 873 | 877 | 405 | 202 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 96 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |
Totals | 5921 | 2209 | 2158 | 1062 | 492 | 33 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 1430 | 695 | 486 | 182 | 67 | 0 |
College | 416 | 94 | 143 | 121 | 58 | + | |
Current | Private | 1001 | 249 | 374 | 252 | 126 | 25 |
Public | 514 | 219 | 209 | 64 | 22 | 5 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 152 | 68 | 52 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
Unemployed | 2357 | 873 | 877 | 405 | 202 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 96 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |
Totals | 5921 | 2209 | 2158 | 1062 | 492 | 33 |
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 Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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Emerging | 3535 | 1847 |
✓
Current |
548 | 1545 |
✓ Transitioning | 1942 | 2514 |
Workforce category not identified | 48 | 48 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 314 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 74 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 91 | 5 | 1 | |
Silver | 30 | 5 | ||
Gold | 36 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Douglas County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Metropolitan Community College
Participating High Schools
These Douglas County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Ralston High School
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Omaha Public School Career Center
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Bryan High School
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South High School
Contact Us
For more information on Douglas County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Metropolitan Community College
531-622-7000
Employers in Douglas County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
Claas Omaha Inc
- Highline Warren
- Goodwill
- Centris Federal Credit Union
- Liberty Tax Service
- John Day Company
- Brand Hydraulics Co
- NECO
- Baxter Volkswagen Omaha
- Baxter Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram La Vista
- Charles Drew Health Center Inc. at Evans
Tower - Charles Drew Health Center Inc. Campus
of Hope - Nye Square
- Turner Construction Company
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- H&H Automotive Group
- Planet Fitness
- Rentokil
- Signature Performance
- First National Bank 2008 Pratt Ave.
Bellevue - Careerlink
- Mulhall's
- Metropolitan Community College
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