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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.

The New Mexico Chamber of Commerce launched into 2021 with a business-led, strategic plan for New Mexico’s economic recovery. The plan includes support for implementing Work Ready Communities and other WorkKeys solutions statewide.

The Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation (EDC) recently held an ACT Work Ready Communities Eastern New Mexico Boot Camp on campus. The purpose of this initiative is to build a national system for work readiness. ACT’s Work Ready Communities Boot Camp is for leaders who want to move aggressively forward into this 21st century approach to work readiness and economic development. Mesalands Community College is currently working with the EDC, to continue to expand the ACT Work Ready Communities for the region.

A computer with an internet connection and a cell phone are the only hardware devices many jobs require these days. That means that many residents of rural communities, like those in Quay County, could work for employers located all over the planet without leaving the county. That’s the idea behind Solowork, an idea that the New Mexico Economic Development Department, through its Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP), would like to develop, especially in rural areas….Vanderpool said there is even a company called Digitalworks that is interested in training remote workers. For every worker trained, Vanderpool said, JTIP would reimburse the city $3,500….“To me this is very exciting,” City Manager Jared Langenegger said. “It’s a good way to create economic-base jobs in the city.” Economic base jobs are those that provide products and services for markets beyond county borders. “This is a way to put people to work without infrastructure,” Langenegger said. Adding that work-at-home employment “is one of the fastest growing areas for economic-base jobs.”… Vanderpool linked the Solowork idea with efforts to maintain the county’s status as aWork Ready Community through ACT, the testing service. Trainees for Digital Works, he said, must score at least at a Silver level on theWork Keys assessments that ACT publishes to measure workplace-related knowledge. WorkKeys ratings range from bronze, the lowest level that qualifies for ACT’sNational Career Readiness Certificate, to platinum, which indicates qualification for top professional careers, according to WorkKeys information on ACT’s website, , to platinum, which indicates qualification for top professional careers, according to WorkKeys information on ACT’s website, ACT.com. WorkKeys assessments are free to New Mexico residents.