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Georgia Work Ready

Georgia Work Ready Certification Program

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The Georgia Work Ready Certification Program is a complete solution for making quick comparisons between a person's skill levels and the job requirements by providing a portable skills credential, the Georgia Work Ready Certificate, which is easily and universally understood and valued by employers and certificate recipients. Through the Georgia Work Ready program, skills that employers consider essential to job success are measured and documented by the Georgia Work Ready Certificate. Certified skill levels are then matched with existing or customized job profile requirements.

To learn more visit www.gaworkready.org.

Benefits of Using the Georgia Work Ready Certificate Program

Employers can simplify making reliable decisions about hiring, training, and program development needs by matching job profile information with assessment scores of Georgia Work Ready Certified potential and incumbent employees.

Hundreds of thousands of WorkKeys assessments are administered each year to help individuals assess their current skill levels and to determine how improving their skills can lead to better paying jobs. Students, businesses, and organizations use the WorkKeys tests to improve skill levels and strengthen communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

Companies that use the Georgia Work Ready Certification Program to assess their incoming and current workforce can achieve substantial benefits.

Job Seekers

Earning the Georgia Work Ready Certificate enhances employability by indicating skill and knowledge levels to potential employers. The certificate shows job applicants have the portable skills—reasoning, reading, and basic mathematics—to serve as a foundation for training. It also tells employers that they are ready, willing, and able to work and learn.

Certificate holders have an advantage when applying for jobs, a complement to a diploma and resume. For employees already on the job, a certificate can demonstrate skills needed for a promotion or for training that leads to greater productivity and effectiveness.  Southern Crescent Technical College encourages all of its graduates to become Georgia Work Ready certified.

Southern Crescent Technical College

Southern Crescent Technical College is a Georgia Work Ready Partner and is one of the access points for job seekers to obtain the Georgia Work Ready Certificate.

Effective February 1, 2012, the Work Ready Assessment is available

at no cost only to the following:

• Unemployed Georgians with proof of unemployment in the last 12 months, including benefits from the Georgia Department of Labor, TANF benefits, or a letter of separation from an employer. These unemployed Georgians will need to be eligible for work at the time of the assessment and not incarcerated or detained which would preclude the Georgian from employment. Please bring a copy of proof of unemployment at the time of assessment.
• Georgians applying for a job posted on workreadyconnect.org. Jobs can be posted there by an organization that recognizes Work Ready for hiring purposes. The WRConnect job code must be presented at time of exam.

For those that don’t meet the above criteria or want to avoid the process, they can pay for their assessments.  If they take all 3, the total cost is $35. If they only take two assessments, the cost is $25 and one assessment is $15. 

Individuals may order their own National Career Readiness Certificate (like the Georgia Work Ready Certificate but on a National level) for $16 and/or transcript for $5.50 (http://www.act.org/certificate/account.html).  Individuals may also order practice tests for $5 (http://www.act.org/workkeys/products.html). 

Download an application for Georgia Work Ready here!