Hawkins, Tennessee
Hawkins County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2018
Maintained 1: Jan 2022
Maintained 2: Apr 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Hawkins 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
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Economic Regions Including Hawkins
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 1137 | 299 | 488 | 228 | 122 | 0 |
| College | 154 | 24 | 40 | 52 | 38 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 731 | 64 | 200 | 268 | 199 | 0 |
| Public | 327 | 54 | 108 | 108 | 57 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 6 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 508 | 112 | 218 | 125 | 53 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2865 | 553 | 1056 | 786 | 470 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 1137 | 299 | 488 | 228 | 122 | 0 |
| College | 154 | 24 | 40 | 52 | 38 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 731 | 64 | 200 | 268 | 199 | 0 |
| Public | 327 | 54 | 108 | 108 | 57 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 6 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 508 | 112 | 218 | 125 | 53 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2865 | 553 | 1056 | 786 | 470 | + | |
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 Oct 31, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 900 | 1291 |
|
✓
Current |
76 | 1058 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 309 | 517 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 60 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 97 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
| Bronze | 48 | 12 | 1 | |
| Silver | 120 | 11 | ||
| Gold | 73 | |||
Employers in Hawkins County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- DTR Tennessee Inc
- LMR Plastics
- Hawkins County Board of Education
- Civis Bank
- Hawkins County Mayor's Office
Baldor Electric Co
The Robinette Company
- Symbiotic Devices Inc
- First Community Bank of East Tennessee
Rural Health Services Consortium Inc.
- Express Employment Professionals
- Nuclear Fuel Services Inc
- Hawkins County Board of Educatoin
- Kairos Technology Group
- Mosiac Reality
- JTEKT Koyo Corporation of USA
- Hawkins County Industrial Development
Board - Cooper Standard
- Kelly Services
- Holston Electric Cooperative
- Mundet Tennessee Inc.
- Chip Hale Center
- Crown Laboratories
Express Employment Professionals
SYMMCO TN INC.
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