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Certified Work Ready Community?

A Certified Work Ready Community is a community-based

workforce and economic development effort that uses

common, fundamental criteria to establish baseline goals for county certification across the nation that enables counties to show that they

are “work ready”.2

SC Work Ready Communities

Certified Community Components: WorkKeys Assessments National Career Readiness

Certificates Business Support Graduation Rates/Improvements

over a 3-year average by county Soft Skills: Percentage of

Individuals required to take the WorkKeys Talent Assessment 3

Work Readiness System

WorkKeys Assessments

National Career Readiness Certificates

Career Ready 101, a tutorial training courseware, which includes KeyTrain and Talent

Job Profiles4

What is SC investing in?

WorkKeys Assessments Available through public testing sites to include: SC

Works Centers, Technical Colleges, Adult Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation Centers and High Schools (only for students).

National Career Readiness Certificate and NCRC Plus registration and printing costs

Career Ready 101, a tutorial training courseware, which includes KeyTrain and Talent Training courseware will be available to any city,

county or state entity.

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What is SC investing in?

Job Profiles First come-first serve basis Job profile costs up to $1,500 per profile

reimbursed to a licensed Job Profiler Business will have to sign a release form Maximum number of profiles per business

Small-5-49 employees: 2 profiles per business Medium-50-249 employees: 5 profiles per business Large-250 and above employees: 10 profiles per

business

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County Participation

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SC Report Card

SCWRC Certificates through January 2014

SC Certified County: Clarendon and McCormick

Top 5 Performing CountiesBamberg (100% national criteria)Colleton (100% national criteria)

Dorchester (100% national criteria)Laurens (100% national criteria)

Greenwood (97.64% national criteria)

38,976(206,896 total to date)

27% Bronze58% Silver15% Gold

Less than 1% Platinum

NCRC Plus3,190

Actual Business Supporting 1,159

# of Job Profiles Completed or Scheduled 125+

**SWIB/DEW $’s available for approximately 465 profiles $750,000

What is the Role of the Education Community?

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You are preparing your students for life beyond high school, including their careers. When they join the job hunt, their job applications will mix with many others on the desks of employers.

Help your students move their applications to the top of the stack. Give them the opportunity to earn ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC).

Why It’s Important to Students

Provides students with an industry recognized credential upon graduation which provides students with a competitive advantage in the job search process.

Enhances Employability Identifies, measures and improves foundational

skills Confirms job readiness to employers

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Results

Connect Job Opportunities for Job Seekers

Create an Inventory of Skill Sets

Locally Driven Approach

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Results

Employers Recognize the NCRC because it connects to jobs

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www.scworkready.org

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