The National Career Readiness Certificate Exam assesses an individual’s skill level in 3 areas deemed critical for employability: Reading for Information in Workplace Documents, Applied Math and Graphic Literacy.
It was developed by ACT. ACT researched over 16,000 occupations before developing these assessments.
Just as the ACT score indicates college readiness, the NCRC assesses the career readiness and is a reliable predictor for workplace success. Thousands of private and public employers now ask for or require NCRC scores as a part of the application process.
The NCRC is awarded at four levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Each level is an objective validation to employers that an individual as met or exceeded the necessary foundational skills for a percentage of the 16,000 occupations in the Workkey’s database. For example, a Gold certificate verifies that an individual has the necessary FOUNDATIONAL skills in these 3 areas for 93% of occupations.
Employers are using NCRC scores for a baseline applicant screening, hiring and promotion decisions and as a tool to target employee training and development.
For more information on the National Career Readiness Exam, visit https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/workkeys-for-employers/assessments.html.
To register for the NCRC, please complete this form: https://goo.gl/forms/uwgb9zXmLxpLBDde2. After the form has been submitted, Jennifer Wright will contact you via email to set a date and time for the exam.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Wright at Jennifer.Wright@tcatshelbyville.edu or (931) 685-5013.
