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CareerReady Colorado Certificate
Employers
Businesses need new hires who can achieve job proficiency quickly in
order to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive global
economy. CareerReady Colorado is a complete solution for making
comparisons between an individual's skill levels and the skill levels
required by specific jobs. Businesses across the nation are using this
type of certification for hiring new employees and assessing
workers. The assessments are developed by ACT, the national testing
company best known for the ACT college admissions test. Each assessment
takes about one hour to complete – three hours total. The assessments
are proctored so results can be trusted.
Benefits:
- Verifies an individual’s readiness for employment, training or
promotion
- Saves hiring time
- Reduces turnover
- Reduces training costs
- Meets EEOC requirements
- Increases productivity and profitability
Getting Started...
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Link to any
workforce region in Colorado
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Find an administrator in the nearest workforce region
- Remember the 3 Rs of CareerReady Colorado participation:
Request, Recommend or Require:
- Request: Ask job applicants, “Do you have a
CareerReady Colorado Certificate?”
- Recommend: When you post positions, state that
having a CareerReady Colorado Certificate is “recommended” or that
certificate-holders are
“preferred.” Provide information on where candidates can test.
- Require: If a specific job has been profiled by your
business, require that applicants have a CareerReady Colorado
Certificate in order to be
considered for the position. If a job is profiled, you can also
use the certificate to evaluate employees for promotion.
Additional Resources:
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