ACT Workforce Solutions Success Stories, Case Studies, and Research
K-12 Customer Success Stories
Across classrooms and districts, educators are using WorkKeys® to unlock student potential and prepare them for success beyond graduation. Explore these inspiring stories to see how WorkKeys is making a measurable difference—and discover ideas you can bring to your own school.
How One Ohio High School Turns Graduates Into Day-One Employees
Explore how Piqua High School uses WorkKeys and regional partnerships to boost student opportunities.
New Orleans McMain Secondary School Achieves WorkKeys Success
Learn best practices to achieving WorkKeys success in K-12 schools.
ACT WorkKeys Helps Rural Minnesota School Boost Career Confidence
Explore how ACT WorkKeys measures real-world, applied skills are critical in the workforce.
Upstate New York Students Gain Career Advantage with CiTi BOCES and ACT® WorkKeys®
Discover how ACT WorkKeys prepares students to secure employment.
Employer Customer Success Stories
See how employers leverage ACT® WorkKeys® to identify skills, streamline hiring, and build a workforce ready to succeed.
RoyOMartin
Raise the Quality of New Hires, Reduce Turnover and Costs
Louisiana-based forestry and wood-products manufacturer RoyOMartin used ACT® WorkKeys® solutions as a valid and reliable tool to match skills to jobs.
Eastman
Improve Quality of New Hires and Create Workforce Pipeline
Eastman uses ACT Workforce Solutions to build a high-performance workforce and also works with local schools to develop a workforce pipeline in Tennessee.
Case Studies and Research
Condition of Career Pathway Readiness in the United States
The Condition of Career Pathway Readiness in the US research report features information on skills necessary to succeed in various careers using WorkKeys data.
Income Trends for NCRC Earners
Individuals often question the validity of an assessment they take. That’s why ACT Research investigates the trends between income and WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC®). A new study reinforces previous ACT findings that higher NCRC levels are correlated to higher income levels.
Keeping a strong economy growing
For Mississippi County, Arkansas, becoming an ACT® Work Ready Community was about making a good situation even better.
R.J. Reynolds targets a highly-skilled workforce candidate pool
North Carolina-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company uses the ACT WorkKeys® system as part of its robust pre-hire screening and hiring process.
Identifying quality applicants
Inova Health was approaching a turnover rate of nearly 50 percent for two vital, entry-level positions. They were caught in a cycle of making quick hires instead of quality ones. By implementing WorkKeys, they found a way to instead make a quality hire more quickly and drastically reduce their turnover.
Regional skill shifts
Facing sudden negative economic impact, Lorain County, Ohio, focused on reskilling workers, especially steelworkers, for new careers as they developed an emerging workforce for key sectors.
Improving retention and employee safety
Facing employee turnover as high as 100%, Gilchrist Construction Company used ACTWorkKeys® solutions to improve hiring, retention, training, safety, and productivity at their Louisiana-based facility.
From Corrections to Careers
For Southeast Correctional Center in Missouri, reentry efforts go hand-in-hand with ACT® WorkKeys® and the National Career Readiness Certificate® (NCRC®).
Connecting Alabama Counties and Education for a Career-Ready State
Alabama counties leverage ACT WorkKeys to identify career interest, opportunities for training, and connect labor to regional demand.
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