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WORKKEYS AND THE CAREER READINESS CREDENTIAL

Learn about WorkKeys, a job skills assessment system that measures essential skills for job success. Discover how students can gain a competitive edge with employers by documenting their readiness for work with WorkKeys scores. Explore the Career Readiness Certificate and its impact on starting wages.

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WORKKEYS AND THE CAREER READINESS CREDENTIAL

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  1. WORKKEYS AND THE CAREER READINESS CREDENTIAL Maria PhillipsJudie Bergstresser Becky Stitt Polaris Career Center 7285 Old Oak Blvd. Middleburg Hts., OH 44130 440-891-7600

  2. What is Work Keys? • A job skills assessment system measuring “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success. • Students who use WorkKeys to document their readiness for work have an edge with the growing number of employers nationwide who accept or require that job applicants have WorkKeys scores. • Several states aslo have adopted WorkKeys to ensure that workers have needed skills.

  3. WorkKeys as a Common Language: • Employers ● Workforce ● Training ● Economic Development WorkKeys effectively measures aptitude in three key areas that are needed to insure that the workforce can be re-trained to meet the changing skill demands of employers.

  4. Work Keys • Measures skill levels in basic skills: • Reading for Information • Reading workplace documents • Applied Math • To solve practical workplace problems • Locating Information • Locating, inserting, comparing, or summarizing information in workplace graphics, charts, drawings, spreadsheets, maps, etc. • Levels 3 through 7

  5. Career Readiness Certificate Levels

  6. Career Readiness Certificate Levels • As the Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) is based on those three: • Gold = 5-5-5 for 85% of jobs in the WorkKeys database • Silver = 4-4-4 for 50% of jobs • Bronze = 3-3-3 for 30% of jobs,

  7. Starting Wages and the CRC (from the ACT Occupational DB) • High school diploma+ • Bronze = $16,000 • Silver = $16-20,000 • Gold = Over $20,000 West Michigan Strategic Alliance 2006

  8. Commonwealth of Virginia Career Readiness Certificate In recognition of demonstrated skills in Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, & Locating Information NAME is awarded a Silver Certificate 7th July, 2004 __________________ Governor Mark Warner ______________

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