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About Virginia Work Ready Communities
ACT Work Ready Communities (WRC) empowers communities and states with process, data and tools deployed in a common workforce development framework to drive economic growth by certifying communities as "work ready" when established goals are attained.
Think of it as a docking station where all participants plug into the common community-level ACT Work Ready Community criteria as part of establishing community goals.
The common criteria are based upon the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (ACT WorkKeys NCRC) and business engagement to create a community-based workforce development process that links, aligns and matches the community's workforce development efforts to the needs of business and industry. The goal is for all participating communities to achieve certified work ready status.
ACT is leading this national effort with a two-session Boot Camp within a 3-month window to help participants share best practices, customize the national implementation framework or their own needs and build career pathways aligned to growth industries.
More on how to engage
555 Virginia employers recognize the ACT WorkKeys NCRC in support of Virginia communities’ goals
- Showcase Magazine Inc.
- Longwood SBDC
- Martinsville Henry County SPCA
- Square-P
- Lawrence Distributing Company
- Boyd Chevrolet-Buick-GMC
- Greensville County Public Schools
- Telvista Inc.
- Joint Industrial Development Authority
of Wythe County - StraightUpNet LLC
- Southwest Virginia Community Health
Systems Inc. - Star Children's Dress Co
- Spurlock's Garage
- VADOC
- American Mine Research
- Advex Corporation
- Lowe's Home Improvement
- Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce
- Meherrin River Forest Products
- Halifax Industrial Development
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