Pamela Gobel, Director

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• Pamela Gobel, Director
• Career Readiness Certification
• North Carolina Community College System

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• With the Career Readiness Certificate,
  individuals prove they have the skills needed to
  successfully enter the workforce.

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Career Readiness is the

• Key to
• Future Employment
• and
• Promotion

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What is a Career Readiness Certificate?

• The Career Readiness Certificate is a portable
  credential that
• Promotes career development and skill attainment
  for the individual
• And confirms to employers that an individual
  possesses basic workplace skills
• Reading For Information
• Applied Math
• Locating Information
• These are the skills that
• most jobs require.

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CRC A Portable Credential that Proves It
Provides the Skills Key to 85 of Jobs

• 3 levels of Certification
• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold

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The NC CRC is

• A Certificate
• of
• Substance

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Why does North Carolina need a Career Readiness
Certificate?

• To Build a Strong Workforce by Bridging the
  Skills Gap
• To Provide an Economic Development Tool with the
  CRC Database Proving the Skill Level of our
  Strong Workforce

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Did you Know?

• In the 21st Century, 60 of all jobs will
  require skills that only 20 of the current
  workforce have.
• Source Hudson Institute

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Changes in Workforce Skills Needs Across Fifty
Years
Unskilled 12
Skilled 20
Professional 20
Skilled 68
Unskilled 60
Professional 20
1955
2005
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The NC CRC is based on ACT WorkKeys Assessments
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WorkKeys System

• Job Analysis
• Assessments
• Training

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SKILL AREAS

• Reading for Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information
• Applied Technology
• Teamwork
• Observation
• Listening
• Writing
• Business Writing

85 of ALL occupations utilize these skills
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The Assessments
Applied Mathematics Applied Technology Business
Writing Listening Locating Information Observation
Readiness Reading for Information Teamwork Writin
g

Virtually every worker in the 21st century will
need strong foundations in the basic skill sets
measured by ACTs WorkKeys. -
Richard Judy, Author Workforce 2000 and
Workforce 2020
Virtually every worker in the 21st century will
need strong foundations in the basic skill sets
measured by ACTs WorkKeys. -
Richard Judy, Author Workforce 2000 and
Workforce 2020
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ACT Level One Publishers

• KeyTrain
• 877-842-6205

• Worldwide Interactive Network (WIN)
• 888-717-9461

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NC WorkKeys Industry Users(partial list)

• Technimark Energizer
• Goodyear Ingersoll-Rand
• Campbell Soup Getrag
• Bayer Raflatac
• Unilin Flooring Asmo
• Amarr Ornamental Molding
• Volvo Construction Pactiv
• Equipment

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North Carolina Career Readiness Certification

• Contributes to Economic Development through the
  CRC Website and Database
• www.crcnc.org

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NC CRC Timeline

• 2004 Statewide, Inter-agency team was formed to
  develop the CRC
• September 2005 RFP went out to Community
  Colleges
• NCCCS becomes an ACT WorkKeys Value Added
  Reseller with all 58 Community Colleges as
  Satellite Sites
• January 2006 Pilot Sites began implementation
• June 2006 NC CRC went live with the website and
  database in full operation
• January 2007 10 additional CRC sites begin
  implementation

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NC CRC SITES

• Asheville-Buncombe Tech CC
• Blue Ridge CC
• Brunswick CC
• Caldwell CC Technical Institute
• Catawba Valley CC
• Cleveland CC
• College of the Albemarle
• Davidson County CC
• Edgecombe CC
• Fayetteville Tech CC
• Gaston College
• Guilford Tech CC
• Halifax CC
• Haywood CC
• Johnston CC

Lenoir CC McDowell CC Mitchell CC Montgomery
CC Piedmont CC Pitt CC Randolph CC Robeson
CC Rowan-Cabarrus CC Southeastern CC Stanly
CC Vance-Granville CC Wilkes CC Wilson CC
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Whos At The Table?
NC Commission On Workforce Development
JobLink Career Centers
Employment Security Commission
Workforce Development Boards
Community-Based Organizations
NC Business Alliance
Department of Social Services
Local Businesses
Local Chamber of Commerce
Vocational Rehabilitation
Community Colleges
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Partners

• Commission on Workforce Development
• Employment Security Commission
• Community College System
• 24 Workforce Development Boards
• JobLink Career Centers (One-Stops)
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

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CRC Deployment in Other States
October 2006
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All States Agree

• Need for a portable skills credential, based on a
  common language that is easily understood by
  employers, educators, and individuals.
• Common language should be WorkKeys
• 3 Skill Areas
• Reading for Information
• Locating Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Multi-level Credential
• Gold (5), Silver (4), Bronze (3)

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National Career Readiness Certificate

• October 2006
• ACT announces the National CRC based on work
  already accomplished by the states
• Any individual who has received a State CRC
  qualifies for a National CRC
• CRC becomes a truly portable credential
  recognized nationwide

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Benefits
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For The Individual

• Build confidence that
• skills meet employer needs
• Ready for training, promotion,
• additional responsibilities

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For The Employer
Create a Workforce Ready North Carolina

• Increase bottom line
• through skilled employees
• Reduce turnover, overtime
• and waste
• Reduce training time
• Increase productivity
• Allow promotion through

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For The Community

• Database of local
• skills to attract or
• retain businesses
• More skills -
• more jobs
• Better skills -
• better jobs

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QUOTES

• Im only one test away from receiving my GED.
  Im so proud of myself. This is something Ive
  wanted to do for a long time, but just kept
  putting it off. Im really glad that Technimark
  is allowing us to do this.
• - Louise, Plant 5

• The addition of WorkKeys to our hiring process
  enables us to ensure that candidates have the
  entry-level skills to perform the job. It helps
  take the guess work out of our selection
  decisions.
• - HR Coordinator

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Through collaboration We can make it happen!
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North Carolina Career Readiness Certification

• Hire the right person
• Provide the right training
• Promote the
• best candidate!

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NCCCS Contact Information

• Pamela Gobel
• Director, Career Readiness Certification
• gobelp_at_nccommunitycolleges.edu
• 919-807-7215
• Economic and Workforce Development
• North Carolina Community College System