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The Journey to Nevada Work Ready:Clark County WRC Initiative – Chapter 1
Jaime CruzExecutive Director
Workforce Connectionsjcruz@snvwc.org
Jill HershaCALL Literacy Services Manager
Las Vegas Clark County Library Districthershaj@lvccld.org
Malik M.L. WilliamsAssessment Services Specialist
College of Southern Nevada Division of Workforce and Economic Developmentmalik.williams@csn.edu
Presenters
WorkKeys, the NCRC andWork Ready Communities
• WorkKeys assessments: – Applied Math– Graphic Literacy– Workplace Documents
• National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC):nationally recognized work readiness credential
• Work Ready Communities align Education, Workforce, and Economic Development efforts
Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Applied Math
Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Graphic Literacy
Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Workplace Documents
Multi‐Agency Project
Milestones
1. Organized Team
2. Submitted WRC application
3. Received ACT approval
4. Attended four academies
Milestones
5. Hosted ACT WRC executive team
6. Click Bond presentation at employer champion event
Click Bond Testimonial
https://youtu.be/‐8SFb6wbm04
Milestones
7. Team meetings to identify goals
8. Created small working teams
9. Received WRC Academy certificate
WRC Academy Graduation
Milestones
10. Letter of support from LEOs
11. Developed employer collateral
12. Official launch November 14, 2017
Clark County Launch Event
WRC National Map
Milestones
13. NEXT: Train Ambassadors
14. NEXT: Presentations to Employers
WRC Ambassadors
• Provide training for stakeholders to share WRC initiative with a variety of employer audiences – Industry Sectors– Chambers of Commerce
• Create Core Message• Provide training for stakeholders working with job‐seekers
Outreach to Employers
MessagingIn PersonTri‐FoldWebsite
Challenge Goals
• Clark County team goal to become certified within one year instead of two– Need 280 supporting employers to reach goal of 351– Need 893 NCRCs to reach goal of 5,160
• Begin work toward maintaining certification– Improve NCRC levels for existing certificate holders– Add job profilers– Move employer support from “recognize” to “recommend” the NCRC
• Expand efforts to the rest of the state
Statewide Imperative
• Clark County is first in the State of Nevada to pursue CWRC
• Involvement of Governor’s OWINN • Nevada Department of Education implementation of assembly legislation
• Where does your organization fit in?
WRC Nevada Map
Questions/Comments
www.nevadaworkready.org
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