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Marion 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

45063 Lexington 0.47 0.56 us-sc-063 LE 45081 Saluda 0.51 0.49 us-sc-081 SA 45003 Aiken 0.42 0.50 us-sc-003 AI 45037 Edgefield 0.36 0.49 us-sc-037 ED 45019 Charleston 0.25 0.68 us-sc-019 CH 45007 Anderson 0.50 0.53 us-sc-007 AN 45001 Abbeville 0.55 0.64 us-sc-001 AB 45077 Pickens 0.48 0.44 us-sc-077 PI 45041 Florence 0.45 0.50 us-sc-041 FL 45085 Sumter 0.27 0.50 us-sc-085 SU 45029 Colleton 0.52 0.47 us-sc-029 CO 45005 Allendale 0.50 0.41 us-sc-005 AL 45009 Bamberg 0.38 0.58 us-sc-009 BA 45089 Williamsburg 0.45 0.44 us-sc-089 WI 45067 Marion 0.42 0.24 us-sc-067 MA 45061 Lee 0.38 0.42 us-sc-061 LE 45027 Clarendon 0.46 0.59 us-sc-027 CL 45015 Berkeley 0.41 0.44 us-sc-015 BE 45051 Horry 0.42 0.50 us-sc-051 HO 45033 Dillon 0.45 0.54 us-sc-033 DI 45013 Beaufort 0.49 0.24 us-sc-013 BE 45053 Jasper 0.57 0.36 us-sc-053 JA 45017 Calhoun 0.41 0.45 us-sc-017 CA 45087 Union 0.52 0.44 us-sc-087 UN 45039 Fairfield 0.50 0.41 us-sc-039 FA 45091 York 0.50 0.51 us-sc-091 YO 45031 Darlington 0.59 0.39 us-sc-031 DA 45055 Kershaw 0.48 0.53 us-sc-055 KE 45057 Lancaster 0.43 0.68 us-sc-057 LA 45025 Chesterfield 0.53 0.37 us-sc-025 CH 45043 Georgetown 0.49 0.50 us-sc-043 GE 45071 Newberry 0.57 0.46 us-sc-071 NE 45047 Greenwood 0.53 0.58 us-sc-047 GR 45059 Laurens 0.43 0.55 us-sc-059 LA 45045 Greenville 0.63 0.38 us-sc-045 GR 45073 Oconee 0.53 0.51 us-sc-073 OC 45079 Richland 0.63 0.45 us-sc-079 RI 45075 Orangeburg 0.44 0.48 us-sc-075 OR 45011 Barnwell 0.57 0.57 us-sc-011 BA 45083 Spartanburg 0.44 0.40 us-sc-083 SP 45069 Marlboro 0.51 0.38 us-sc-069 MA 45065 McCormick 0.41 0.25 us-sc-065 MC 45023 Chester 0.55 0.46 us-sc-023 CH 45021 Cherokee 0.48 0.38 us-sc-021 CH 45049 Hampton 0.35 0.60 us-sc-049 HA 45035 Dorchester 0.60 0.50 us-sc-035 DO

Status History:

Certified: Apr 2015

3 out of 5
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.

Progress Towards Goals

Marion 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 3 Points

Maximum of 4 points possible

Current Goal - 1 points

Emerging Goal - 1 points

Employer Support This Period - 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
Emerging High School 967 412 466 89 0 +
College 34 6 23 5 0 5
Current Private 109 28 57 23 + 15
Public 42 16 21 5 0 +
Transitioning Adult Education 519 203 278 32 6 132
Unemployed 293 104 157 30 + 30
Recent Veteran 6 + 0 0 0 0
Workforce category not identified 150 37 38 0 0 0
Totals 2042 809 1040 184 9 185
Workforce Total
NCRC
Emerging High School 967 412 466 89 0 +
College 34 6 23 5 0 5
Current Private 109 28 57 23 + 15
Public 42 16 21 5 0 +
Transitioning Adult Education 519 203 278 32 6 132
Unemployed 293 104 157 30 + 30
Recent Veteran 6 + 0 0 0 0
Workforce category not identified 150 37 38 0 0 0
Totals 2042 809 1040 184 9 185

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 505 1007
✓ Current
 79 168
Transitioning 1382 977
Workforce category not identified 75 75
Workforce Total
Employers Supporting 32

Improved ACT NCRC

To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Not Earned 8 3 0 0
Bronze 23 1 0
Silver 5 0
Gold 0

Service Delivery Locations

These are the locations in Marion County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.

  • Marion County Adult Education

Contact Us

For more information on Marion County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:

Marion County Adult Education

(843) 423-2591

 
 

Employers in Marion County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

  • Agape Senior
  • Baldor Electric - Conveyor Components
  • Santee Cooper
  • Perdue Farms Inc. Dillon SC
  • Pee Dee Workforce Investment Board
  • Dillon County Chamber of Commerce
  • Marion Chamber of Commerce
  • AVM Industries
  • Florence-Darlington Technical College
  • Highland Industries
  • SC Dept. of Employment & Workforce
  • gold star icon Olsten Staffi
  • Precision Southeast
  • South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Johnson Controls Inc. Power Solutions
  • gold star icon Devro Inc
  • SC Department of Probation Parole &
    Pardon Services
  • Beneteau
  • Harbor Freight
  • gold star icon Marion County Economic Development
    Commission
  • Marion County
  • Marion County School District
  • Arbor E&T, LLC d/b/a ResCare Workforce
    Services
  • gold star icon CMS LABOR SERVICES
  • Nan Ya Plastics

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