ACT/WORKKEYS |
National Career Readiness Certificate
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Who Takes the Test
This test is being offered FREE to CMS High School Seniors who have taken four Career and Technical Education courses in a Pathway with one being a Level 2 class(*) and/ or a combination of CPCC's Associates in Applied Science
16 Career Clusters List and their Career Pathways
Click here: to view the 16 Career Cluster List and their Career Pathways
How to Prepare for Test
Search for Jobs based on WorkKey skills
Other Ways to use your scores
- Definition
- The ACT WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring "real-world" skills that help employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce.
- Earning the National Career Readiness Certificate does not qualify you for all job requirements. However, demonstrating higher job skills means you have access to higher-paying jobs and employers are willing to pay higher salaries for higher skill levels.
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Who Takes the Test
This test is being offered FREE to CMS High School Seniors who have taken four Career and Technical Education courses in a Pathway with one being a Level 2 class(*) and/ or a combination of CPCC's Associates in Applied Science
- Examples of Career Pathways and some of the classes:
- Business Pathway- Entrepreneurship I, Bus Law*, Business Administration Pathway @ CPCC
- Health Pathway- Principles of Biomedical Science, Human Body Systems*, Principles of Business, Health Information Technology Pathway or Medical Assisting Pathway @ CPCC
- Law Pathway- Business Law, Principles of Business, Criminal Justice Technology Pathway (CJC) @ CPCC
- Stem Pathway- Intro To Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Civil Engineering*, Digital Electronics*, Principles of Business or Multimedia and Webpage Design, Civil Engineering Technology Pathway @ CPCC
- Business Pathway- Entrepreneurship I, Bus Law*, Business Administration Pathway @ CPCC
16 Career Clusters List and their Career Pathways
Click here: to view the 16 Career Cluster List and their Career Pathways
How to Prepare for Test
- Sample Questions
- https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/Assessments/Home.aspx
- WorkKeys Student Sample Packet (print)
- The direct link to the ACT WorkKeys Practice assessments is below:
http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/workkeys-for-job-seekers/preparation.html?page=0&chapter=1- Students must create an account; it's free. Please note that students get 24 hours to practice with the assessments. For example, if a student logs in and uses a practice test for 1 hour, he/she then has 23 hours left to use the practice test.
Search for Jobs based on WorkKey skills
- After taking the tests, you can review the WorkKeys skills needed for different careers.
- Visit the following website to search jobs by skill: http://profiles.keytrain.com/profile_search/
Other Ways to use your scores
- Where to place it on your resume
- Example: WorkKeys resume ex.doc
- Take your certificate to a job interview
- Include your scores on a community college or technical college application