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 The Butts County Chamber of Commerce with Griffin Tech and other Georgia Work Ready community partners are leading the way toward making Georgia a top destination for jobs and investment - driving our economy to greater heights.
By ensuring Georgia workers have the best skills and training opportunities, we can guarantee businesses have the talent they need to succeed today and the resources they need to meet future challenges.
To help Georgia small businesses defray the cost of on-the-job training, the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development (GOWD) and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce have launched a new outreach program called Hire Work Ready. Utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) support, the program is designed to provide funding to small businesses – those employing 50 or fewer – that hire Work Ready Certified people to assist with costs associated with hiring and training of new workers. For more information or to apply, click here
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How do I Get Certified?
The Work Ready assessment is administered by ACT's nationally accredited WorkKeys® system and measures both core skills and work habits. Core skills assessments measure skills in applied mathematics, reading for information and locating information, three skills that are highly important to the majority of jobs in the workplace. The work habits assessment measures work-related attitudes and behaviors in areas that are trainable and coachable, such as carefulness, cooperation, discipline and drive.
Three simple steps to earning your Work Ready Certificate:
- Choose a location: Call Connie Register at 770-228-7364 to schedule your free Work Ready assessment.
- Prepare: Review support and instructional materials, along with sample questions, available at no cost to you.
- Take the assessment: Allot approximately four hours to complete the full assessment and bring a non-graphing calculator for the applied mathematics section. You will receive a copy of your scores at the end of the session; your actual Work Ready Certificate will arrive by mail. Work with your test administrator if you need assistance in assessment-taking computer basics.
Work Ready Certificates are awarded based on the lowest level earned in any of the three core assessment areas, though individual scores in one or more sections may be higher.
- Bronze indicates a minimum score of three in all three core areas
- Silver indicates a minimum score of four in all three areas
- Gold indicates a minimum score of five in all three areas
- Platinum, offered only in the state of Georgia, indicates a minimum score of six in all three core areas and signals to employers that you are ready for 95 percent of jobs in the state
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