Lunenburg Meets Work Ready Community Goals

LUNENBURG – Lunenburg County has been participating in the ACT Work Ready Community program in an effort to earn their certified status. During the recent Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors meeting, an announcement of Lunenburg County exceeding their goals for a Certified Work Ready Community designation was made. Supervisor Mike Hankins thanked the schools and community for helping with this certification and stated, “This is a really big deal for Lunenburg County.”

The Work Ready Community certification is a measure of a county’s workforce quality. It is an assurance to business and industry that the community is committed to providing the highly-skilled workforce required in today’s competitive global economy.

Some of the benefits to this program and designation include:

Aligns with the economic development needs of communities, regions and states

Matches individuals to jobs based on skill levels

The foundation of a community’s certification is based on individuals at the county level across the current, transitioning and emerging workforce earning an ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate® (ACT® WorkKeys® NCRC®) and employers recognizing the ACT® WorkKeys® NCRC®.

The ACT® WorkKeys® NCRC® is a portable, industry-recognized credential that clearly identifies an individual’s WorkKeys® skills in workplace documents, applied math and graphic literacy – skills required for 77 percent of jobs based on ACT JobPro database.

By participating in ACT’s® Work Ready Communities initiative, counties, regions and states are helping:

Business and industry know exactly what foundational skills they need for a productive workforce – and to easily communicate their needs.

Individuals understand what skills are required by employers – and how to prepare themselves for success.

Policy makers consistently measure the skills gap in a timely manner at the national, state and local levels.

Educators close the skills gap, via tools integrated into career pathways with stackable industry-recognized credentials.

Economic developers use an on-demand reporting tool to market the quality of their workforce.