Deschutes, Oregon
Deschutes 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: 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 | 1105 | 374 | 569 | 146 | 16 | 0 |
College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 381 | 49 | 158 | 147 | 27 | 6 |
Public | 190 | 45 | 82 | 47 | 16 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1970 | 199 | 1047 | 689 | 35 | 29 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3727 | 669 | 1894 | 1067 | 97 | 38 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 1105 | 374 | 569 | 146 | 16 | 0 |
College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 381 | 49 | 158 | 147 | 27 | 6 |
Public | 190 | 45 | 82 | 47 | 16 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1970 | 199 | 1047 | 689 | 35 | 29 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3727 | 669 | 1894 | 1067 | 97 | 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 Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 936 | 1178 |
✓
Current |
90 | 577 |
Transitioning | 2207 | 2010 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 186 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 35 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Employers in Deschutes County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Bend Broadband
- Bend Red Lion Hotel
- Beverly Pacific Co.
- Chase Doors
- Deschutes Insurance
- Jack In The Box
- LaserLine Mfg., Inc.
- Patrick Environmental, Inc., dba Patrick
Corporation - Phoenix Inn suites Downtown Bend
- Sensenbach Senior Care Inc., dba Home
Instead Senior Care - Wash & Lube Time, Inc.
- Eden Scapes Corp.
- Vantage Clinical Solutions
- Worthy Brewing Company
- Experience Works
- Key Technology Inc
- S Wireless Northwest
- Swiss Mountain Log Homes Inc
- RGK CContracting and Consulting
- Becker Landscapes LLC
- Tumalo Irrigation District
- TRAC Towing
- Oregon's Wild Harvest
- PhotoWonder
- Safe Haven Care
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