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Pearl River Community College continues to offer testing at the Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center to earn a National Career Readiness Certificate. 

Job seekers, as well as unemployed or under-employed individuals, can take the test. Future workforce students who are undecided on a career can begin the process by taking the test. Local high school students in the Pine Belt are participating in the program through their schools. The certificate is nationally portable.

The Petal, MS school district seeks to fill a 50-seat training with new substitute teachers to overcome skill gaps for the upcoming school year.  For those lacking enough college credit, district officials offer WorkKeys as a proxy to qualify.   

City and county officials gathered Thursday at the Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center in Hattiesburg to celebrate the planned inclusion of Greater Hattiesburg – including all of Forrest and Lamar Counties – as an ACT Work Ready Community.