How businesses can ensure that job candidates possess actual skills.

WorkKeys assessment tool matches job seekers' skill sets with employer needs and identify
what type of training from Workforce Centers is needed to better prepare potential employees for jobs.


         
This video is provided by the National Association of Workforce Boards

     Oklahoma CRC Success In The News!!

Matching the right employee to the right job at the right time creates a healthy workplace and positive economic impact on the state. The employee payoff is job satisfaction, increased self-confidence, opportunities and wages within the company. The employer payoff is found in reduced turnover and associated training costs, increased productivity and company overall success, impacting the state's bottom line. Check out these CRC successes that are "In The News".

• WorkKeys Works for Local Employer Partner - Choctaw Casino, Pocola
  Heavener Ledger Dec. 1, 2011
• Wes Watkins Technology Center Students Earn Career Readiness Certificates
  Wewoka Times, Dec. 14, 2011
• Canadian Valley Technology Center Students Leave with Skills, Knowledge and Career Readiness Certificate
  Chickasha Express-Star, Dec. 14, 2011
• 100% of Students in Health Science Class Achieved WorkKeys Goals
  Chickasha Express-Star, Jan. 25, 2012

KeyTrain/CR101 Statewide Free Access

The Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development is making KeyTrain and Career Ready 101 available to all Oklahomans as part of its mission to build the skills, credentials, competitiveness and income of Oklahoma workers.

Site licenses are being issued AT NO COST to businesses, schools, libraries, government offices, and other entities. This license includes the traditional KeyTrain program plus over 8,000 additional pages of Career Ready 101 curriculum designed to help both younger and adult students achieve their career goals.

Additional Details       Download this form to apply for free license

Oklahoma Career Readiness Certificate: 
A Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development Initiative

Within today's global economy, finding and keeping a job requires higher skill levels than ever before. Employers want workers with documented skills based on the "real world" of any work place from a welding shop to a hospital.  The Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development (GCWED) and many of its partner agencies rolled out a system of assessment and certification designed to meet the needs of both employees and employers.

The OKCRC, a career readiness certificate program is a portable credential documenting potential or incumbent employees possess certain fundamental skills required by employers here and across the country.  The OKCRC uses nationally recognized assessments to measure skills and provide a common language between educators, businesses, and community members. The OKCRC uses the assessment system to validate the skills and skill levels of job seekers and compare them to the skills needed for jobs in today's economy. 

To date, the initiative involves the assessment of over 70,000 potential and incumbent employees and hundreds of pre-assessment, assessment, and training sites across the state.

How It Works!

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Oklahoma WorkKeys Video Clip

 WorkKeys Works for Oklahoma Employers and Job Seekers
Press Release

Matching the right employee to the right job at the right time creates a healthy workplace and positive economic impact on the state.

The employee payoff is job satisfaction, increased self-confidence, opportunities and wages within the company.

The employer payoff is found in reduced turnover and associated training costs, increased productivity and company overall success, impacting the state‟s bottom line. WorkKeys and the Career Readiness Certificate help companies find the right employees. ...Read the rest of the story

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Oklahoma's CRC is an initiative of the Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development.  
Click the link below for more information on the Governor's Council. 
http://www.okcommerce.gov/council