The South Bay Association of Chambers, in partnership with El Camino College, is offering the Career Readiness Certificate Program.  The program aims to help your company attract qualified applicants so you may maintain an excellent employee base long term.

What is the Career Readiness Certificate?

The Career Readiness Certificate is based on the WorkKeys System, a nationally- recognized job analysis, skills assessment and training program that accurately measures an individual’s skills and the competency levels required for successful job performance. The Career Readiness Certificate documents a job candidate’s competency in the following three areas:

Applied Mathematics

Applying mathematical reasoning to solve work-related problems.

Reading for Information

Comprehending work-related reading materials, from memos and bulletins to policy manuals and governmental regulations.

Locating Information

Using workplace graphics such as diagrams, floor plans, tables, graphs and charts.

The Career Readiness Certificate Program is a computer-based assessment rated on a level from three to seven, with three being the least complex. A certificate is awarded based on the overall score on all three assessments. An individual who does not pass the assessment will have the opportunity to take remedial online tutoring to increase his or her skill level.

Examples of Jobs by Certificate Level:

Gold Certificate (minimum score of five on all three assessments)

Computer Programmer/Software Engineer

Electrician

Technical Writer

Accountant

Supervisor in Administrative Support or Retail

Silver Certificate (minimum score of four on all three assessments)

Executive Secretary/Admin Assistant

Industrial Production Manager

Materials Inspector

Numerical Control Machine Tool Operator

Sheet Metal Worker

Bronze Certificate (minimum score of three on all three assessments)

Cashier

Child Care Worker

File Clerk

Food Server

Housekeeper

Why Should Employers Recognize the Career Readiness Certificate Program?

The Certificate represents a standardized and reliable indicator of workplace level skills that can be used in businesses throughout the region. Thousands of companies across the United States and Canada have experienced the benefits of WorkKeys in a broad range of environments such as manufacturing, technology, service and retail. Companies include:

                       
Alcoa-AFS Carson      DHE-Dependable Highway Express

Bristol-Myers              JC Penney Co.

Comfort Suites            Toyota Financial Services

Coorstek Inc.              Tri-Star Electronics International

Some testimonials include:

“WorkKeys is one of the best tools I’ve used in 24 years of recruiting and organizational development experience in three different industries. Nobody wants to employ someone in a job in which he or she won’t excel, and WorkKeys helps to predict success.”

Linda Spencer, HR Manager, Coorstek Inc.

Companies that use WorkKeys to assess their incoming and current workforce typically achieve substantial benefits including:

Improved employment selection

Reduced overtime

Reduced turnover

Increased productivity

Higher employee morale

Where Will the Assessments be Conducted?

The computer-based assessment will be conducted at Workforce Investment Board One-Stop locations throughout the South Bay and surrounding regions.

Once again, we hope you can participate in this exciting free program as together we try to increase the quality of our employees and maintain an exceptional workforce. 

More Information

Click here to download the Career Readiness Certificate Program Brochure

For more information on how your company can benefit from the Career Readiness Certificate Program, please contact:

Melanie Sharp

Project Coordinator

El Camino College Business Training Center

13430 Hawthorne Blvd.

Hawthorne, CA 90250

310.973.3143

msharp@elcamino.edu

www.BusinessAssist.org    

The South Bay Work Investment Board and the South Bay Economic Development Partnership are partners in delivering services.