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How Work Keys^â Works

Work Keys is built around a set of skill scales that accurately measure both the skills of individuals and the competency levels required for successful job performance. 

Businesses use Work Keys job profiling to analyze the skills necessary for specific jobs in their organizations.  These profiles offer a concrete way for businesses to describe to educators, students, and job applicants the skills they need for particular jobs.  Then, job applicants can use their Work Keys scores to determine how their skills measure up to those required.  And, educators can see how well they are preparing graduates for the work world in different occupations. 

Work Keys offers eight assessments that can be used singly or in combination: 

 Applied Mathematics

 Applied Technology     

 Listening

 Locating Information

 Observation     

 Reading for Information

 Teamwork

 Writing

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Better Skills Mean Better-Paying Jobs 

Nearly all students will enter the workforce—whether they get a job right after high school, work part-time while continuing their education, or go through extensive postsecondary training.  If they are to succeed, they need to be competent in a number of essential workplace skills.

 Work Keys stresses skill development important for every type of employment. 

 The abilities to learn, listen, communicate, work in teams, and solve problems—all areas addressed by Work Keys—are important assets for any employee, regardless of career choice.

 Studies show that jobs requiring higher skills in math, locating information, and reading pay higher entry-level salaries.  By increasing their skills while they are still in school, students increase their opportunities for higher salaries in the future.

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Work Keys^â Facts

 Job profiles completed for more than 5,000 jobs, which correspond to about 1,100 commonly held job titles. These job titles represent most of the American workforce.

 System used in 48 states and across Canada.

 Approximately 600 authorized Work Keys job profilers.

 System implemented in a wide range of high technology, manufacturing, service, and retail environments.

 Statewide standard for students in Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

 Available through ACT and approximately 225 Work Keys Service Centers in the United States, plus a network of centers throughout Canada.

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Work Keys^â Service Centers

Another way Work Keys is involved in the development of a better-trained workforce at the community level is through Aims Community College, Continuing Education, 5590 W. 11th St., Greeley, CO  80634.  Licensed by ACT, the college provides local access to all Work Keys services and strengthens the connections between individuals, employers, and educators.

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Weld County High School Diploma Program

Many individuals are limited in employment and advancement opportunities because they have not obtained a high school diploma.  The Weld County High School Diploma Program is designed as a self-paced, competency-based opportunity for the motivated student who has an array of life experiences the opportunity to apply those experiences to the achievement of a high school diploma. The program is open to any individual whose life circumstances have prevented them from obtaining a diploma.  The program’s flexibility and open entry, open exit approach to education provides a needed alternative for the students who cannot participate in a regular classroom environment.

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