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     â€‹National Career Readiness Certificate 

    • Definition

      • The ACT WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring "real-world" skills that help employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce.
      • Earning the National Career Readiness Certificate does not qualify you for all job requirements. However, demonstrating higher job skills means you have access to higher-paying jobs and employers are willing to pay higher salaries for higher skill levels.

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    Who Takes the Test

    This test is being offered FREE to ¾«¶«´«Ã½ High School Seniors who have taken four Career and Technical Education courses in a Pathway with one being a Level 2 class(*) and/ or a combination of 

    • Examples of Career Pathways and some of the classes:

      • Business Pathway- Entrepreneurship I, Bus Law*, Business Administration Pathway @ CPCC

      • Health Pathway- Principles of Biomedical Science, Human Body Systems*, Principles of Business, Health Information Technology Pathway or Medical Assisting Pathway @ CPCC

      • Law Pathway- Business Law, Principles of Business, Criminal Justice Technology Pathway (CJC) @ CPCC

      • Stem Pathway- Intro To Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Civil Engineering*, Digital Electronics*, Principles of Business or Multimedia and Webpage Design, Civil Engineering Technology Pathway @ CPCC

     

    16 Career Clusters List and their Career Pathways

    ​: to view the 16 Career Cluster List and their Career Pathways

     

    How to Prepare for Test

    • Sample Questions

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      • The direct link to the ACT WorkKeys Practice assessments is below: 

        • Students must create an account; it's free.  Please note that students get 24 hours to practice the assessments.  For example, if a student logs in and uses a practice test for 1 hour, he/she then has 23 hours left to use the practice test.

     

    Other Ways to use your scores

    • Where to place it on your resume

      • Example: 

    • Take your certificate to a job interview

    • Include your scores on a community college or technical college application