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 Certificate is a portable credential that promotes skills and career development for individuals and confirms to employers that the certificate holder possesses basic workplace skills in Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information. The CRC is based on the WorkKeys System of measuring “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success. The system awards 3 levels of certification - Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Cost: $30.00

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 KeyTrain 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:

CO-REQUISITE: KeyTrain Study Lab

The lessons are web-delivered for easy access at the workplace, school, home, or wherever there is access to the Internet.

Important Information

Examinee should arrive at the testing center (C-101), 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.

 

Date Day Test Time Location Fee
7/5/2010  Monday  CRC 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon C-101 $30.00
  Monday  Observation 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. C-101 $10.00
7/19/2010 Monday  CRC 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon C-101 $30.00
  Monday  CRC Retesting   1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. C-101 $10.00 per test
8/02/2010    Monday  CRC 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon C-101 $30.00
  Monday  Observation 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. C-101 $10.00
8/16/2010 Monday  CRC 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon C-101 $30.00
  Monday  CRC Retesting    1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. C-101 $10.00 per test
8/30/2010 Monday  CRC 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon C-101 $30.00