Texas and ACT WorkKeys

Partners in Workforce Success
Texas and ACT WorkKeys

Partner with ACT to Ensure Texans are Career Ready with NRS-Approved ACT WorkKeys Assessments

For decades, WorkKeys has empowered organizations like yours to:   

  • Increase opportunities for unskilled and underserved individuals.  
  • Match job seekers’ skills to in-demand careers.  
  • Reduce unemployment rates in your community.  
  • Effectively communicate and connect with educators and employers. 

Offer your adult learners and job seekers the opportunity to earn the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate™ (NCRC®), recognized by more than 370 Texas employers and 28,000 employers nationwide.

The WorkKeys NCRC is a portable, evidence-based credential that verifies three foundational skills necessary for workplace success. To date, more than 37,000 Texas residents have earned a WorkKeys NCRC by completing and ranking scores in the Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents Assessments. 

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Get more information about offering WorkKeys to your adult learners.

Why offer WorkKeys?

By earning the WorkKeys NCRC, Texans can stand out from the crowd by demonstrating to employers they have the foundational skills needed for success in jobs across industries and occupations.

Assess and Measure Skills Gains

Maximize career potential with WorkKeys by preparing adult learners to successfully transition to postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, and the workforce.

Download the NRS Flyer

Match Job Seekers’ Skills to In-Demand Careers

Identify the skill levels required across jobs, companies, or industries, or verify that job seekers’ skills meet the needs of employers using our skills-based career navigation tool aligned with occupational profile benchmarks.

Search Jobs by Skills

 

ACT WorkKeys Support and the Texas WorkKeys Team

WorkKeys Support is available at 800.967.5539 and workkeys@act.org

Michael Monson Workforce/Community Colleges michael.monson@act.org
Reenie Laginess- East Texas

Rose Gardner- Central Texas (DFW area)

Jonathan Delgado- South Central Texas (Houston, San Antonio area)

Bailey Stilley- West Texas
K-12 Districts and Schools reenie.laginess@act.org

rose.gardner@act.org

jonathan.delgado@act.org

bailey.stilley@act.org
Tony Garife ACT Work Ready Communities tony.garife@act.org