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Union, South Carolina
Union County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Union 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 |
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Emerging | High School | 669 | 242 | 330 | 96 | + | + |
College | 13 | + | 8 | + | + | + | |
Current | Private | 140 | 31 | 83 | 24 | + | 28 |
Public | 56 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 148 | 48 | 92 | 7 | + | 17 |
Unemployed | 377 | 138 | 198 | 40 | + | 64 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 332 | 54 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 0 | |
Totals | 1570 | 532 | 814 | 202 | 22 | 124 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 669 | 242 | 330 | 96 | + | + |
College | 13 | + | 8 | + | + | + | |
Current | Private | 140 | 31 | 83 | 24 | + | 28 |
Public | 56 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 148 | 48 | 92 | 7 | + | 17 |
Unemployed | 377 | 138 | 198 | 40 | + | 64 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 332 | 54 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 0 | |
Totals | 1570 | 532 | 814 | 202 | 22 | 124 |
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 Jan 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 136 | 686 |
✓
Current |
32 | 234 |
✓ Transitioning | 540 | 608 |
Workforce category not identified | 166 | 166 |
Workforce | Total |
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Total Employers | 52 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Silver | 0 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Union County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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SC Works
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County of Union
Contact Us
For more information on Union County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
SC Works
864-427-4119
Employers in Union County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Agape Senior
- Skyworks Parachute Service
- Belk
- Woodmen of The World
- Union Housing Authority
- City Tire
- Farmer's Home Furniture
- The Union Daily Times
- Union County News
- Kimbrell's Furniture
- Bojangles of WNC
- SC Dept. of Employment & Workforce
- Henderson Plumbing
- CVS Caremark
- Union Chiropractic Center
- Chester County Sheriff's Office
Dollar General
- Ellen Sagar Nursing Home
- AARP
- Spartanburg County Adult Education
- Spartanburg Community College
- South Carolina Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Anduran Inc
- Credit Central
- Laurens County Scool Disrtict 56
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