Deschutes, Oregon
Deschutes 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 2015
Maintained 1: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Deschutes 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
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Deschutes County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 1118 | 372 | 579 | 150 | 17 | 0 |
College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 383 | 50 | 159 | 147 | 27 | 6 |
Public | 194 | 46 | 83 | 49 | 16 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1991 | 200 | 1061 | 694 | 36 | 29 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3767 | 670 | 1920 | 1078 | 99 | 38 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 1118 | 372 | 579 | 150 | 17 | 0 |
College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 383 | 50 | 159 | 147 | 27 | 6 |
Public | 194 | 46 | 83 | 49 | 16 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1991 | 200 | 1061 | 694 | 36 | 29 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3767 | 670 | 1920 | 1078 | 99 | 38 |
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 | 936 | 1191 |
✓
Current |
90 | 583 |
Transitioning | 2207 | 2031 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 186 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 52 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 35 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Employers in Deschutes County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Central Oregon Radiology Associates, PC
- Fuqua Building Systyms
- International Wood Accents
- Mirror Pond Cleaners
- Pacific Pellet, LLC
- Pilot Butte Drive-In
- Platt Equipment Co., Inc. dba Midstate
Power Products - Specialty Automotive Service & Repair
- TraTech Fiberoptics, Inc.
- Colfax Tactical
- Swiss Mountain Log Homes Inc
- Response to Nature Inc
- Solid Rock Granite LLC
- Hinterland Ranch
- Centro Business (Print Solutions)
- Motel 6
- DynaCore Fitness
- Tumalo Irrigation District
- Able Supply LLC
- RiteAid
- Cozad Enterprises Inc dba 4 Seasons Home
Services - Oregon WorkSource Central Oregon
Employment Department - Donner Flower Shop
- Advantage Professional Management LLC
- Central Oregon Building and Construction
Trades Council
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