Cherokee County

Cherokee County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 31, 2023

Goals updated only for participating counties

Status History:

Certified: Dec 2014

Official ACT Work Ready Communities Certified badge superscript of a grey circle with the letter I in the middle of it

80%

of maintaining goals completed

chart showing 80 of maintaining goals completed for the county

Cherokee County

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC
Bronze
NCRC
Silver
NCRC
Gold
NCRC
Platinum
NCRC
NCRC
Plus
Emerging High School 1966 583 985 363 35 103
College 19 + 8 9 + 6
Current Private 300 59 186 46 9 81
Public 97 33 48 13 + 15
Transitioning Adult Education 566 141 374 46 5 69
Unemployed 752 226 449 71 6 127
Recent Veteran + 0 0 + 0 +
Workforce category not identified 78 18 18 + + 0
Totals 3741 1061 2068 552 60 402

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

 
 

Employers in Cherokee County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

  • ACE Bakery
  • Core Molding Technologies
  • Cherokee County Development Board
  • PROGRESSIVE SCREEN PRINT AND EMBROIDERY
  • Sleep Easy Matress
  • preferred finishing inc
  • J.I.T. Manufacturing Inc.
  • Plygem Siding Group
  • 4S Sign & Supply Inc.
  • Suminoe Textile America
  • Santee Cooper
  • Duke Energy
  • Momentive Speciality Chemicals Inc.
  • SC Dept. of Employment & Workforce
  • AME Inc
  • Cherokee County School District
  • Spartanburg County Adult Education
  • Hamricks Inc
  • Springfield LLC
  • South Carolina Department of Employment
    and Workforce
  • First Staffing
  • Western and Southern Life
  • Phillips Staffing
  • Carolina Cotton
  • BIC Consumer Products Mfg. Co. Inc

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