Benefits of the National Career Readiness Certificate

An easily understood, conveniently attained, and universally valued workforce credential

Because the certificate validates that an individual has certain essential skills important across a range of jobs, employers, job seekers, economic developers, and educators can use the certificate as a common language to improve the quality of the workforce. The skill levels are meaningful to both educators and employers.

 
Watch a five-minute National Career Readiness Certificate video about the benefits of the certificate.
 

Based on objective, standardized results

The WorkKeys^® assessments that are the basis for the National Career Readiness Certificate are objective, standardized assessments, administered in secure, monitored testing environments to ensure the validity of test results.

Nationwide portability

WorkKeys is a program recognized by employers and education entities nationwide. WorkKeys assessment results and certificates can help individuals find job opportunities wherever they live.

An internationally recognized assessment organization

ACT is best known for the ACT^® test, an entrance exam colleges trust. ACT is equally committed to its career readiness certificate to help job seekers enter the workplace. All of ACT's assessments undergo rigorous development to achieve acceptable levels of reliability and validity.

Available for immediate use

More than nine million WorkKeys assessments have been given over the past dozen years. The WorkKeys system offers pencil-and-paper, Internet-based, and Spanish-language tests.