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Harrison, Mississippi
Harrison County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2020
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Harrison is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Harrison County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 4496 | 1213 | 1570 | 1144 | 569 |
College | 318 | 58 | 140 | 77 | 43 | |
Current | Private | 1132 | 294 | 479 | 250 | 109 |
Public | 845 | 246 | 414 | 141 | 44 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 177 | 69 | 81 | 23 | + |
Unemployed | 2862 | 941 | 1212 | 537 | 172 | |
Recent Veteran | 32 | + | 9 | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 708 | 68 | 93 | 95 | 98 | |
Totals | 10200 | 2891 | 3998 | 2271 | 1040 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 4496 | 1213 | 1570 | 1144 | 569 |
College | 318 | 58 | 140 | 77 | 43 | |
Current | Private | 1132 | 294 | 479 | 250 | 109 |
Public | 845 | 246 | 414 | 141 | 44 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 177 | 69 | 81 | 23 | + |
Unemployed | 2862 | 941 | 1212 | 537 | 172 | |
Recent Veteran | 32 | + | 9 | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 708 | 68 | 93 | 95 | 98 | |
Totals | 10200 | 2891 | 3998 | 2271 | 1040 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 808 | 4814 |
✓
Current |
656 | 1977 |
✓ Transitioning | 1526 | 3055 |
Workforce category not identified | 354 | 354 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 105 | 33 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 91 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
Bronze | 242 | 32 | 2 | |
Silver | 183 | 9 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Contact Us
For more information on Harrison County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Harrison County Development Commission
2288965020
Employers in Harrison County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Elite Screen Printing
- C Spire
- Mississippi State Port Auth
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- D'Iberville Cold Storage
- Gollott's Seafood
- Goldin Metals Inc.
- Chrisman Manufacturing Inc
- J. Lee's Gourmet BBQ Sauce Inc.
- M2Media Corp
- Triton System of Delaware LLC
- Apollo Aviation
- Brown Mitchell & Alexander Inc.
- Coldwell Banker Alfonso Realty Inc.
- Million Air Gulfport-Biloxi
- Long Beach school District
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of
Commerce Inc. - Southeast Commercial Real Estate
- Swetman Security Service Inc
- Rainbow International of Gulfport
- LPK Architects P.A.
- Harrison County Career and Technical
Center - Ocean Aero Inc.
- Biloxi Career Technology Center
- Mississippi National Guard
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