Continuing Education: Pathways to Employment
For more information contact:
Corlis McCoy
HRD Coordinator
(252) 246-1341
cmccoy@wilsoncc.edu
ACT WorkKeys tests ($10.00 per test)
- Applied Mathematics
- Reading for Information
- Locating Information
- Applied Technology
- Observation
- Teamwork
ACT WorkKeys tests ($15.00 per test)
- Listening
- Writing
- Business Writing
North Carolina Career Readiness Certification
The North Carolina Career Readiness Certification (CRC) is a local, state, and nationally recognized credential that lets employers know that the certificate holder has the necessary workplace basic skills for hiring, job training, and job promotion. The CRC has 3 levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
To earn a CRC signed by the governor of North Carolina, you should successfully pass the WorkKeys’ Applied Mathematics, Reading For Information, and Locating Information tests.
Cost: $30.00 (includes CRC certificate.) Retesting fee is $10.00 per test and an additional $5.00 is required to upgraded a CRC certificate to a Silver or Gold level.
WorkKeys
WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success. These skills are valuable for any occupation and at any level of education. When you use WorkKeys to show you are ready to work, you have an advantage with employers who accept or require job applicants to have WorkKeys scores. A growing number of local companies and businesses and states are adopting WorkKeys to ensure that all their workers have needed skills.
Career Skills
The Career Skills series is an Internet based tool to help people improve their work habits and employability skills. Career Skills details critical skills that employees need to master for success in the workplace now and in the future. Career Skills consists of lessons in five courses: Job Search, Work Habits, Communication Skills, Workplace Effectiveness, and Business Etiquette. The lessons are web-delivered for easy access at the workplace, school, home, or wherever there is access to the Internet.
Courses
- Job Search: Finding the Right Job, Effective Resume, Application Process, Interviewing Skills
- Work Habits: Workplace Ethics, Personal Characteristics, Employer Expectations
- Communication Skills: Communications at Work, Speaking, Listening, Presenting Yourself, Non-Verbal Communication
- Workplace Effectiveness: Time Management, Problem Solving, Customer Service, Teamwork
- Business Etiquette: On the Job Etiquette, Person-to-Person, Telephone & e-mail Etiquette, Meeting Etiquette
CO-REQUISITE: KeyTrain Study Lab
Important Information
Examinee should arrive at the testing center (D209), 15 minutes prior to the start of the CRC and WorkKeys’ testing schedule. Once testing has begun, no one will be permitted to enter the testing center.
- Testing fees should be paid at the Cashier Office located in Building A before taking any of the CRC or other WorkKeys’ tests.
- No testing fees (cash, checks, or money orders) will be accepted at the testing center.
- Third party Voucher Letter of Payment will be accepted at the testing center.
- The CRC testing fee covers the WorkKeys’ Applied Math, Reading for Information, and Locating Information tests and the CRC Bronze, Silver, or Gold level certificate.
- To retake any CRC WorkKeys’ test, the retesting fee is $10.00 per test.
- The CRC retesting fee does not include the CRC certificate.
- To upgrade a CRC certificate to Silver or Gold level, the cost is $5.00.
- To get a duplicate CRC certificate, the cost is $5.00.
- For the testing schedule and fee for the WorkKeys’ Business Writing, Listening, Observation, Readiness, Teamwork, and Writing tests, contact Corlis P. McCoy at (252) 246-1341.
