The Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) is a portable skills credential that provides an employer a good snapshot of the employability skills of a potential hiring candidate.

 

By 2020, more than 90% of all jobs will require skill levels beyond those gained in high school.

 

Why a Career Readiness Certificate:

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• A CRC identifies skills and competencies for jobs

• Identifies skills gaps and guides training decisions;

• EEOC and ADA compliant

• Is not an aptitude test. It is an assessment, which means everything is teachable, and the skills learned in order to raise the assessment scores.

• A CRC does not replace other credentials; it supplements them.

• Necessary because of permanent changes in the workplace and worker requirements.

• Useful to people of all ages and in all career pathways.

• A cost-effective demonstration of skills levels of individuals and geographic regions.

 

Benefits for the Job Seeker:

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• For job seekers, the CRC serves as a portable credential that can be more meaningful to employers than a high school degree or a resume citing experience in a different job setting.

• Builds confidence that skills meet the needs of local employers.

• Gives an advantage over the other job applicants who have not demonstrated needed skills.

• Determines skill improvement and training needs.

• Possesses a portable skills credential that enhances employability.

 

Benefits for the Employer:

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• For employers, the CRC offers a reliable mean of determining whether a potential employee has the necessary skills to be “job ready.”

• Reduces turnover and overtime.

• Takes the guesswork out of the selection process.

• Improves the effectiveness of training dollars.

• Streamlines hiring by including a preferred certificate level in job postings.

• Meets EEOC requirements

• Accuforce

• Alexander Count

• Alexander County Schools

• Bernhardt Furniture

• Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation

• Blue Ridge Tissue Corp.

• CCC&TI

• Catawba County

• Catawba County Chamber of Commerce

• CVCC

• Century Furniture

• City of Hickory Fire Fighters

• City of Lenoir

• Concept Frames

• Craftmaster Furniture Inc.

• GKN Driveline

• Hickory Springs (HSM)

• IFH

• Jack Sipe Construction

• LifeStore Bank &  LifeStore Insurance

• LP Building Products

• Marves

• Poppelman Plastics

• Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory

• Prysmian Group

• Punker LLC

• Restoration Hardware

• Schneider Mills Inc.

• Sealed Air Corporation

• Sherrill Furniture

• Shurtape Technologies

• Southern Systems

• Taylor King

• Technibilt

• The Cognitive Connection

• The Floyd Group

• Town of Granite Falls

• Town of Hudson

• Turbocoating America

• Ultra Force Staffing Services

• United Beverages of NC. LLC

• Wells Fargo Advisors

A Growing List of Regional Companies that Recognize
the CRC:

North Carolina’s Career Readiness Certification was endorsed by Governor Beverly Purdue.The Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board also encourages and supports the Career Readiness Certifications.