Virginia's Career Readiness Certificate certifies core employability skills required across multiple industries and occupations.
 
The Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential that promotes career development and skill attainment for the individual, and confirms to employers that an individual possesses basic workplace skills in reading, applied math, and locating information -  skills that most jobs require.

Earn a Virginia Career Readiness Certificate
To earn a Career Readiness Certificate, individuals are tested in reading, applied math, and locating information through the WorkKeys employability skills assessment system. Tidewater Community College offers the Work Keys assessments needed to earn a Career Readiness Certificate and the training to enhance basic workplace skills to earn the certificate.  

 
WorkKeys is a comprehensive employability skills assessment tool designed to help employers and individuals develop better workplace skills. Thousands of companies in the United States and internationally use WorkKeys skill assessments, job profiles, training evaluations, and research and reporting services to assess skill needs and measure progress. And, over 250 employers in Virginia use Work Keys to hire, train, and retain a skilled workforce.

Learn more about the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate at http://www.crc.virginia.gov/

For more information contact: Johnna Coleman-Yates at

822-1234 or jyates@tcc.edu

 
Certificate Levels
 Virginia's Career Readiness Certificate has three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold .   The three levels allow an individual to advance his or her reading, applied math, and locating information skill levels in order to qualify for more jobs.

•  Bronze Level - An individual achieving this level of certification possesses core employability skills for approximately 30% of the jobs profiled by WorkKeys in these skill areas.
 

•  Silver Level - An individual achieving this level of certification possesses core employability skills for approximately 65% of the jobs profiled by WorkKeys in these skill areas.
 

•  Gold Level - An individual achieving this level of certification possesses core employability skills for approximately 85% of the jobs profiled by WorkKeys in these skill areas.

Training
 For individuals who do not initially achieve the certificate, Tidewater Community College can provide the enhancement training needed in order to achieve the skill levels necessary to obtain the certificate . TCC also offers training for individuals who would like to upgrade the level of their Virginia Career Readiness Certificate. A Workforce Readiness course is available to compliment the Virginia Career Readiness certificate and provide training on additional work behavior and skills vital to the workplace.

Obtaining the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate
 Work Keys testing for the Career Readiness Certificate can be scheduled through Tidewater Community College Workforce Development, Norfolk Campus. In addition, testing can be scheduled at the JobZone One Stop centers, 757- 461-7537.