What Are the Benefits of Using WorkKeys® to Build an Economic and Workforce Development Program?
Using the WorkKeys system to build an economic and workforce development program has many tangible benefits. WorkKeys allows communities to:
- Address academic and workplace readiness with a coordinated assessment system
- Provide area businesses with a better-trained workforce with portable, recognized credentials
- Be flexible and match skill level requirements with employers' needs
- Meet the demands of workforce legislation and efforts to increase industry-based certifications
- Improve K-12 education with a proficiency certificate for teacher assistants that meets standards of No Child Left Behind
- Measure K-12 school accountability and address higher education reforms