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Through a new partnership, SkillsUSA national finalists can earn ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness CertificatesIOWA CITY, Iowa — ACT and SkillsUSA have formed a partnership to give finalists in the national work skills competition the opportunity to earn ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.
“This partnership opens up more opportunities for students to demonstrate their readiness to enter and succeed in the workforce,” said ACT CEO Janet Godwin. “Tens of thousands of employers recognize WorkKeys assessments as trusted measures of workplace skills and use the resulting Career Readiness Certificates to help guide hiring and promotion decisions.”
WorkKeys Assessments measure a range of foundational skills relevant to jobs across industries. High school students and adults who take the assessments can earn Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze certification based on their performance.
SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, offers local, state, and national competitions for middle school, high school, and college students in more than 100 trade, technical, and leadership categories. Students competing in the medical math, medical terminology, related technical math, and quiz bowl competitions at the national competition this summer will have the opportunity to take WorkKeys Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents Assessments to earn ACT National Career Readiness Certificates. Those who earn certificates can showcase them via digital badges on their transcripts and resumes, and future employers can verify their certification once students set up an online account at myworkkeys.com.
“We’re thrilled to work with ACT to provide this opportunity to the incredibly talented students in our national competition,” said Chelle Travis, SkillsUSA’s executive director. “This is another meaningful way to recognize students for their hard work, help employers hire, and promote career-readiness among the next generation of leaders and skills workers.”
Career and technical education students from across the country will compete at the annual SkillsUSA Championships during the National Leadership & Skills Conference, June 23-27 in Atlanta.
Since 2006, high school and adult learners have earned more than 6 million National Career Readiness Certificates. Visit act.org/workkeys-ncrc to learn more.
For more information about the SkillsUSA Championships Competition and national conference, visit nlsc.skillsusa.org.
About ACT
ACT is transforming college and career readiness pathways so that everyone can discover and fulfill their potential. Grounded in more than 65 years of research, ACT’s learning resources, assessments, research, and work-ready credentials are trusted by students, job seekers, educators, schools, government agencies, and employers in the U.S. and around the world to help people achieve their education and career goals at every stage of life. Visit us at act.org.
About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students, empowering them to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. SkillsUSA represents more than 413,000 career and technical education students and teachers in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide.
Contact: ACT Strategic Communications; publicrelations@act.org
WorkKeys Assessments measure a range of foundational skills relevant to jobs across industries. High school students and adults who take the assessments can earn Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze certification based on their performance.
SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, offers local, state, and national competitions for middle school, high school, and college students in more than 100 trade, technical, and leadership categories. Students competing in the medical math, medical terminology, related technical math, and quiz bowl competitions at the national competition this summer will have the opportunity to take WorkKeys Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents Assessments to earn ACT National Career Readiness Certificates. Those who earn certificates can showcase them via digital badges on their transcripts and resumes, and future employers can verify their certification once students set up an online account at myworkkeys.com.
“We’re thrilled to work with ACT to provide this opportunity to the incredibly talented students in our national competition,” said Chelle Travis, SkillsUSA’s executive director. “This is another meaningful way to recognize students for their hard work, help employers hire, and promote career-readiness among the next generation of leaders and skills workers.”
Career and technical education students from across the country will compete at the annual SkillsUSA Championships during the National Leadership & Skills Conference, June 23-27 in Atlanta.
Since 2006, high school and adult learners have earned more than 6 million National Career Readiness Certificates. Visit act.org/workkeys-ncrc to learn more.
For more information about the SkillsUSA Championships Competition and national conference, visit nlsc.skillsusa.org.
About ACT
ACT is transforming college and career readiness pathways so that everyone can discover and fulfill their potential. Grounded in more than 65 years of research, ACT’s learning resources, assessments, research, and work-ready credentials are trusted by students, job seekers, educators, schools, government agencies, and employers in the U.S. and around the world to help people achieve their education and career goals at every stage of life. Visit us at act.org.
About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students, empowering them to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. SkillsUSA represents more than 413,000 career and technical education students and teachers in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide.
Contact: ACT Strategic Communications; publicrelations@act.org