Shelby County
Goals updated only for participating counties

90%
of goals attained
Shelby County
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 203 | 79 | 99 | 20 | 5 |
College | 177 | 36 | 103 | 31 | 7 | |
Current | Private | 1169 | 270 | 693 | 182 | 24 |
Public | 750 | 233 | 438 | 74 | 5 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | + | 5 | + | + |
Unemployed | 1796 | 516 | 1035 | 222 | 23 | |
Recent Veteran | 12 | + | 10 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
Totals | 4155 | 1150 | 2401 | 539 | 65 |
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.
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Employers in Shelby County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Wholesale Glass
- Agape Child & Family Services
- Systems Technologies Inc.
- Innovative Engineering Services LLC
- Empower Tennessee
- Henry Turley Co
- Phillips Lawn Care
- Hicks Convention Services & Special
- Greater Imani Church The Cathedral of
Faith - L-Werc
- Bardog Tavern
- Slider Inn
- Aldo's Pizza Pies
- Aldo’s pizza
- Abyssian Baptist Church
- CEO
- Elite Detail of Memphis
- Mt. Vernon Baptist Church - Westwood
- In Love Memphis
- Workforce Investment Network
- Shaw's Auto Glass Co
- Big Bill BBQ
- Caissa Public Strategy
- Operation Hope
- King of Kings BBQ Inc.
Services LLC
Special
Cathedral of Faith
Westwood
TN USA
Construction
Services
Blind and Visually Impaired
LLC.
Inc.
Inc.
Memphis
Institut on Disability
Maintenance
Corps Center
School
Center - Central Headquarters
Commerce

Inc.
Economic and Community
Development
Council
Competitive Workforce
Applied Technology
College - Union Avenue Campus
Orthodontics
Growth Engine for Memphis &
Shelby County
Salon
Products Inc.
Contractors
LLC
for Environment and Quality
Systems
Foods/Visions Enterprise LLC
Inc
Plant
Rehabilitation Center
Rehabilitation Center
Services Inc.
Entertainment
LLC
Center
& Investigations
Contractors Inc.
Memphis
Does your business support job applicants with an ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate?
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
Emerging | 542 | 380 |
Current
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347 | 1919 |
Transitioning | 1932 | 1820 |
Workforce category not identified | 36 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
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197 | 229 |
Shelby County
Service Delivery for ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Participating High Schools
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
Not Earned | 63 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 89 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 8 | 0 | ||
Gold | 2 |
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