ACT Work Ready Community

The ACT Work Ready Community initiative is designed to help communities like Winston County strengthen their workforce development efforts in improving the local talent pipeline for business and industry. This community-based framework allows potential employers to assess and measure an individual’s skill sets through the standardized workforce credential – the ACT WorkKeys © National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) – as a means of pairing individuals to jobs based on their quantifiable skill level.

Winston County is an ACT Work Ready Community having completed all necessary criteria to achieve the designation in April 2019. This achievement caps an 18-month process and starts a two-year sustained growth and maintenance phase to retain the work ready designation.

ACT Workkeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)

The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.

Employers Recognizing or Recommending the ACT Workkeys NCRC

• Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc. *
• Polo Custom Products *
• GT Physical Therapy *
• Golden Triangle Planning and Development District *
• The Citizens Bank *
• BancorpSouth Bank *
• Nowell-Massey Funeral Home *
• Southern Traditions LLC *
• Burnt Orange Studio *
• Whimsical Wicks Candle Company LLC *
• Ala Carte Alice *
• Jewel Shoppe *
• Southeastern Timber Products *
• Caperton Lawn & Landscape LLC *
• Evergreen Garden Center *
• Mississippi Manufacturers Association *
• United States Rail LLC *
• Town of Noxapater *
• City of Louisville *
• Winston County *
• Custom Shirts and Tees *
• Southern Strings and Things LLC *
• Rives & Reynolds Lumber Co. *
• Market Cafe *
• Louisville Utilities *

Maintaining Goals

Employer Supporting Goals