Veterans & The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)

Agenda: The Big Picture (CWRC) and The National

Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)

Preparing for the NCRC

Earning an NCRC

Maximizing the NCRC

Questions

Today’s Objective:

To Equip You with the Knowledge and Resources Needed to Help Veterans Increase their

Employment Opportunities Using the National Career Readiness Certificate as Valuable and

Effective Tool.

The Big Picture: Certified Work Ready Communities (CWRC)

The Big Picture: Certified Work Ready Communities (CWRC)

Why the NCRC?• This data serves as evidence showing the skills documented by the

NCRC to be highly important to the widest range of jobs, making them the foundation for a qualified workforce.

Skills are measured by three assessments:

• Reading for Information—comprehending work-related reading materials that range from memos and bulletins to policy manuals and regulations

• Applied Mathematics—applying mathematical reasoning to work-related problems

• Locating Information—using information from such materials as diagrams, floor plans, tables, forms, graphs, and charts

Preparing for the NCRC in 3 Easy Steps • Step 1 – Get Registered in WOMIS• Step 2 – Practice Sample Questions• Step 3 – Contact your local WSO to schedule a testing time.

Sample Applied Mathematics, Level 5

Quick Call charges 18¢ per minute for long-distance calls. Econo Phone totals your phone usage each month and rounds the number of minutes up to the nearest 15 minutes. It then charges $7.90 per hour of phone usage, dividing this charge into 15-minute segments if you used less than a full hour. If your office makes 5 hours 3 minutes worth of calls this month using the company with the lower price, how much will these calls cost?

a. $39.50

b. $41.48

c. $41.87

d. $54.00

e. $54.54

Sample Reading for Information, Level 3ATTENTION CASHIERS:

All store employees will now get 20% off the price of clothes they buy here. Please follow the new directions listed below.

Selling clothes to employees• Ask to see the employee's store identification card.• Enter the employee's department code number into the cash register.• Use the cash register to take 20% off the price. Then push the sales tax button.• Write your initials on the sales receipt.• Sell clothes to employees during store hours only.

Accepting clothing returns from employees• Employees receive a store credit certificate for clothes they return to the store.• Store credit certificates are next to the gift certificates.• Employees may not get a cash refund for clothes they return to the store.

• You are a cashier. According to the notice shown, what should you write on a store employee's receipt?

• a. The employee's identification number• b. The employee's department number• c. The amount of sales tax• d. The 20% discount price• e. Your initials

Sample Locating Information, Level 4You must sort clothes in a dry cleaning establishment according to the customer's instructions. According to the form shown, how should this customer's shirt be treated?

a. Dryclean it, add light starch, and fold it.

b. Dryclean it, add light starch, and place it on a hanger.

c. Launder it with no starch and place it on a hanger.

d. Launder it with light starch and place it on a hanger.

e. Launder it with medium starch and fold it.

Earning the NCRC & Accommodations

• Sign Language Interpreters may be used to sign spoken instructions only

• Assistance in Recording Responses

• Accommodations for Examinees for Whom English is a Second Language (word for word dictionary)

• Spanish NCRC available in Late Fall

• Learning Disability Extended Time Available

• Braille availability and reading machine

• More specific needs can be further explored with ACT

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Maximize the NCRC Step 1 - Share the Certificate

Maximize the NCRC Step 2 – Include the NCRC on Resumes &

Applications

Certificates:

Silver Level National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) ID: A12345412A1ALevel 6 Reading Information Level 5 Applied MathematicsLevel 4 Locating Information

Demonstrated skill levels in 67% of the ACT Occupational Database Nationwide.

Maximize the NCRCStep 3 – Use the ACT Job Profiles database

Maximize the NCRCStep 4 - Matching your Job Profile to an Opening

Maximize the NCRCStep 5 – Interview using the NCRC

• Use as a Platform as an Evidence Based Document• Demonstrate Confidence in the Interview• Demonstrate Knowledge of what it takes to do the job• Speak to each skill when telling your story• Use language the employer understands • Speak to strengthens, highest level earned • Speak to motivation, 3 hours assessments and going the

extra mile to demonstrate their skills

Maximize the NCRC

The NCRC gives job applicants a tangible way to document their skills.

Earning an NCRC builds confidence.

The NCRC helps job applicants stand out to employers who participate in the NCRC, both in Oregon and across the country

Nearly 2,000 Employer’s Prefer & Recognize the NCRC Concentric Sky

Nearly 2,000 Employer’s Prefer & Recognize the NCRC – NW Natural

NCRC Statewide Supported