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Coastal Alabama Community College earns Work Ready Distinction in Adult Education August 07, 2026

Congratulations to the team at Coastal Alabama Community College for earning the Work Ready Accelerator designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. To learn more about Work Ready Organization Designations from ACT, contact the team by email to wrc@act.org.

SS Magazine Publishes Location Profiles with NCRC Trends November 21, 2025

Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

New report shows increase in workforce readiness for Alabama public school students March 19, 2024

The number and percentage of Alabama public high school seniors who are workforce-ready has continued to rise since the pandemic according to an analysis by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA). This passing percentage marks the highest number achieved since 2019. While the report indicates students are nearing the workforce readiness percentages prior to the pandemic, there was a sizable difference in the number of students who took the test in 2023 compared to 2019.

Hagerstown Community College wants to launch drive to boost workers, employers September 19, 2018

Helping people move into good-paying jobs, and helping employers fill key openings, is the aim of a program introduced to Washington County on Monday.

ACT's WorkKeys — which includes a national career readiness certification for individuals, job profiles for companies and a work-ready status for communities — was the topic of a 90-minute presentation by Denny Smith.