Deschutes, Oregon
Deschutes County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 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
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 1138 | 372 | 592 | 153 | 21 | 0 |
| College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
| Current | Private | 390 | 50 | 160 | 149 | 31 | 6 |
| Public | 197 | 46 | 85 | 50 | 16 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 1997 | 199 | 1067 | 694 | 37 | 29 | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3803 | 669 | 1942 | 1084 | 108 | 38 | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 1138 | 372 | 592 | 153 | 21 | 0 |
| College | 70 | 0 | 31 | 36 | + | + | |
| Current | Private | 390 | 50 | 160 | 149 | 31 | 6 |
| Public | 197 | 46 | 85 | 50 | 16 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | 5 | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 1997 | 199 | 1067 | 694 | 37 | 29 | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3803 | 669 | 1942 | 1084 | 108 | 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 Nov 30, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 936 | 1211 |
|
✓
Current |
90 | 593 |
| Transitioning | 2207 | 2037 |
| 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 | 55 | 1 | 0 | |
| Silver | 35 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 3 | |||
Employers in Deschutes County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Economic Development for Central Oregon
- Beverly Pacific Co.
- Bright Wood Corporation
- Central Oregon Radiology Associates, PC
- Financial Empowerment Services, LLC
- BendBroadBand
- Medisiss
- Mission Linen Supply
- South Valley State Bank dba South Valley
Bank & Trust - Eden Scapes Corp.
- Cacade Wireless LLC
- C's Traffic Consulting LLC
- Knife River
- Cascade Graphics
- Village Interiors Decorating Center
- Our Personal Touch
- Pacific Office Automation - Bend
- Logan's Market
- QVI Risk Solutions Inc
- Donner Flower Shop
- Geo-Spatial Solutions
- Horizon Distributors Inc
- PCC Schlosser
- PhotoWonder
- Safe Haven Care
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