Employers want to ensure that the people they are interviewing and hiring for jobs have the necessary skills and aptitude to do the work. Job applicants want to know where they stand in the job market and that the positions they are seeking meet up with their career aspirations and abilities.
The national ACT Certified Work Ready Communities initiative is aimed at fulfilling the needs of both groups. As reported in January by the Democrat’s Bob Satnan, Pettis County is participating in the program, which provides testing for workers to secure a National Career Ready Certificate through an evidence-based exam that lets companies know how well prepared a candidate is in areas such as reading for information, applied mathematics and locating information. And through the certification, employers have a standard with which they can measure applicants.
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