Workforce Readiness
Grand Junction Creates a Community-Wide Skill Credential for Residents
A Colorado community uses the WorkKeys® system to create a common language for business and education that leads to a highly qualified workforce.
WorkKeys Case Study, 2006
REACHing for Student Career Awareness
WorkKeys teaches students about available careers, skills they need to get a job, and how to improve their skills before graduation. In 2005, all high school seniors in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, schools will take WorkKeys as an exit exam.
WorkKeys Case Study, 2006
Ready for College and Ready for Work: Same or Different
A new study from ACT shows that high school students who plan to enter workforce training programs after they graduate need academic skills similar to those of college-bound students.
ACT Policy Report, 2006
Program Helps At-Risk Students Succeed
The Aims Community College high school diploma program used WorkKeys to help potential high school dropouts graduate and gain skills for the workforce. Student success stories.
WorkKeys Case Study, 2006
Adopting a Common Language
for Regional Economic Change
Businesses, unions, schools, government agencies, community colleges, and Syracuse University work together to implement WorkKeys-based training and workforce quality improvement plan.
WorkKeys Case Study, 2004
High Skills and High Pay—2004 Update
How is salary related to the skills required for a job? Do jobs that require high skills pay more than jobs that require only simple skills? If so, what can high school students do to increase their opportunities for higher-paying jobs?
ACT Research Brief, 2004
Maintaining a Strong Engineering Workforce (PDF; 649KB, 57 pages)
Despite the projected high demand for engineers in many engineering fields, leaders in the engineering community have expressed concern about the supply of well-prepared engineers over the next few decades.
ACT Policy Report, 2003
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