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Governor Jay Nixon presented Dent County with its Work Ready Community Certification Monday at Salem High School. Present for the ceremony ...

The Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) program is part of state and national initiatives for counties to close the skills gap by aligning workforce ...

Mike Anthony and Union County Supervisor Frank Hart will receive the ACT Work Ready Communities Certificate for Union County at a press ..

Venable touted a new eight-county effort to improve workforce development by having industry, businesses and students embrace the ACT Work Keys program to become a Work Ready Community. Venable said Washington County Mayor Dan Eldridge agreed to lead the effort.

An additional requirement of this new diploma sets another goal to get the graduates workforce ready. The National Career Readiness Certificate is a standardized test that covers applied mathematics, locating information and reading information. Employers use it as a benchmark when considering new employees

The North Carolina Chamber Foundation announced it has approved Alexander

Mesa county is the first county in Colorado to become Work Ready, a nationwide program backed by the same ACT organization testing High Schooler Students before graduation. The idea is similar-- the organization tests job seekers on skills in reading, math and locating information. Workers are then ranked bronze through platinum.....

Juniors take the ACT and WorkKeys tests in the spring. The tests, which assess a students readiness for college or a career, are required under a 2014 law and announced each fall.

In Mesa County, the unemployment rate is at 5.3 percent, down from 6 percent last month, according to reports. Two new developments could help bring the rate even lower. Mesa County is becoming a Work-Ready Community....

Wayne County economic development officials hope a recent national certification for the area's workforce will help further engage existing businesses and attract more employers to the area. The county was certified as a Work Ready Community this month by Iowa-based nonprofit ACT....