ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
Digital Badges for the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate® (NCRC®)
We’re excited to announce that ACT has partnered with Credly to award Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze WorkKeys NCRC earners with digital badges. This is an opt-in service, allowing achievements and badges to be easily socialized to online platforms. See who is eligible.
Validate Foundational Skills for Workforce Preparedness
Help learners of all ages earn, verify, certify, and share the essential foundational skills for workplace success with the WorkKeys NCRC—a portable, evidence-based credential earned by completing and ranking scores in the Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents WorkKeys Assessments.
Webinar On-Demand: Turning Digital Badges into Career Currency
View this webinar on-demand to learn the value of digital badging from experts in the field representing ACT, the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council, and Pearson.
5 Million NCRCs Earned...and Counting
Your personal and professional achievement of earning a WorkKeys NCRC puts a spotlight on your critical foundational skills that employers and communities want and need. Businesses and organizations use and accept the WorkKeys NCRC to close skills gaps and align their development efforts. The greater the awareness of these credentials, the greater the value to everyone in the workforce ecosystem.
Leverage Your WorkKeys NCRC for College Credits!
The American Council on Education (ACE) recommends that colleges and universities award up to six semester hours of college credit in Technical Mathematics and Introduction to Information Literacy to individuals who earn the WorkKeys NCRC at the Silver, Gold, or Platinum level.
Accept Your Digital NCRC Badge
A badge is a digital asset used to communicate a learning achievement or credential. You can share your NCRC badge with anyone you’d like, wherever you’d like: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, email, on your resume, or embedded in a website. If you’re a Platinum, Gold, or Silver badge earner, you can also obtain college credits through digitally sharing your transcript with accepting institutions. A viewer can click on your badge and will be taken back to Credly to view all the details of your achievement. Upon earning your WorkKeys NCRC, you will receive an email from Credly to accept your digital badge.
Celebrate Your Accomplishment
Share the news with friends, family, institutions, and colleagues — as well as potential future employers. What better way to do this than through your social media channels like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter?
LinkedIn Tip: When you add your WorkKeys NCRC credential to the end of your name on LinkedIn, recruiters searching for individuals with a National Career Readiness Certificate will be able to easily find you!
Download PDF and Printable Resources
Download the flyers and posters below to learn and share more about the benefits and next steps of WorkKeys NCRC digital badging with individuals, K12 educators, community college and adult education testing centers, workforce developers, and employers.
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A badge is a digital asset used to communicate a learning achievement or credential. You can share your badges with anyone you’d like, wherever you’d like: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, email, on your resume, or embedded in a website. A viewer can click on your badge and will be taken back to Credly to view all the details of your achievement.
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