ACT Work Ready Community

The ACT Work Ready Community initiative is designed to help communities like Winston County strengthen their workforce development efforts in improving the local talent pipeline for business and industry. This community-based framework allows potential employers to assess and measure an individual’s skill sets through the standardized workforce credential – the ACT WorkKeys © National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) – as a means of pairing individuals to jobs based on their quantifiable skill level.

Winston County is an ACT Work Ready Community having completed all necessary criteria to achieve the designation in April 2019. This achievement caps an 18-month process and starts a two-year sustained growth and maintenance phase to retain the work ready designation.

ACT Workkeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)

Workforce Total NCRC Bronze NCRC Silver NCRC Gold NCRC Platinum NCRC
Emerging High School 400 184 151 49 16
College 78 20 48 9 +
Current Private 449 102 283 54 10
Public 73 19 38 14 +
Transitioning Adult Education 29 10 13 4 +
Unemployed 674 203 396 61 14
Recent Veteran + 0 + 9 0
Workforce category not identified + + 0 + 0
Totals 1707 539 930 193 45

The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.

Employers Recognizing or Recommending the ACT Workkeys NCRC

  • Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.*
  • Polo Custom Products*
  • GT Physical Therapy*
  • Golden Triangle Planning and Development District*
  • The Citizens Bank*
  • BancorpSouth Bank*
  • Nowell-Massey Funeral Home*
  • Southern Traditions LLC*
  • Burnt Orange Studio*
  • Whimsical Wicks Candle Company LLC*
  • Ala Carte Alice*
  • Jewel Shoppe*
  • Southeastern Timber Products*
  • Caperton Lawn & Landscape LLC*
  • Evergreen Garden Center*
  • Mississippi Manufacturers Association*
  • United States Rail LLC*
  • Town of Noxapater*
  • City of Louisville*
  • Winston County*
  • Custom Shirts and Tees*
  • Southern Strings and Things LLC*
  • Rives & Reynolds Lumber Co.*
  • Market Cafe*
  • Louisville Utilities*

*Pending Re-affirmation

Maintaining Goals

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
Emerging 434 478
Current 264 522
Transitioning 437 704
Goals Actual
Improved Certificates 136 107

Employer Supporting Goals

Employers Supporting 0
New and reaffirming employers support goal 17
New and reaffirming employers support actual 13

Improved ACT NCRC

To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Not Earned 17 10 1 0
Bronze 77 0 1
Silver 0 0
Gold 1

Winston County Economic
Development District Partnership

P.O. Box 551
70 West Park Street
Louisville, Mississippi 39339