The Journey to Nevada Work Ready:Clark County WRC Initiative – Chapter 1

Jaime CruzExecutive Director

Workforce Connectionsjcruz@snvwc.org

Jill HershaCALL Literacy Services Manager

Las Vegas Clark County Library Districthershaj@lvccld.org

Malik M.L. WilliamsAssessment Services Specialist

College of Southern Nevada Division of Workforce and Economic Developmentmalik.williams@csn.edu

Presenters

WorkKeys, the NCRC andWork Ready Communities

• WorkKeys assessments: – Applied Math– Graphic Literacy– Workplace Documents

• National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC):nationally recognized work readiness credential

• Work Ready Communities align Education, Workforce, and Economic Development efforts

Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Applied Math

Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Graphic Literacy

Sample QuestionLevel 4 – Workplace Documents

Multi‐Agency Project

Milestones

1. Organized Team

2. Submitted WRC application 

3. Received ACT approval

4. Attended four academies

Milestones

5. Hosted ACT WRC executive team

6. Click Bond presentation at employer champion event

Click Bond Testimonial

https://youtu.be/‐8SFb6wbm04

Milestones

7. Team meetings to identify goals

8. Created small working teams

9. Received WRC Academy certificate 

WRC Academy Graduation

Milestones

10. Letter of support from LEOs

11. Developed employer collateral

12. Official launch November 14, 2017

Clark County Launch Event

WRC National Map

Milestones

13. NEXT: Train Ambassadors

14. NEXT: Presentations to Employers

WRC Ambassadors

• Provide training for stakeholders to share WRC initiative with a variety of employer audiences – Industry Sectors– Chambers of Commerce

• Create Core Message• Provide training for stakeholders working with job‐seekers

Outreach to Employers

MessagingIn PersonTri‐FoldWebsite

Challenge Goals

• Clark County team goal to become certified within one year instead of two– Need 280 supporting employers to reach goal of 351– Need 893 NCRCs to reach goal of 5,160

• Begin work toward maintaining certification– Improve NCRC levels for existing certificate holders– Add job profilers– Move employer support from “recognize” to “recommend” the NCRC

• Expand efforts to the rest of the state

Statewide Imperative 

• Clark County is first in the State of Nevada to pursue CWRC

• Involvement of Governor’s OWINN • Nevada Department of Education implementation of assembly legislation

• Where does your organization fit in?

WRC Nevada Map

Questions/Comments

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