Validate your skills for workforce preparedness by attaining your NCRC! 

Whether you're thinking about the next phase of your education, launching a new career, or making a transition in your current job, the ACT® WorkKeys® assessment system can help. WorkKeys is a system of training and assessments that build and measure workplace skills that can affect your job performance and increase opportunities for career changes and advancement.

• Get Noticed by Employers
• Increase Opportunities for Career Changes and Advancement
• Match Your Skills to In-Demand Careers

The WorkKeys NCRC® measures and certifies the foundational work skills needed for success in jobs across industries and occupations. With the WorkKeys NCRC, individuals can: 

• Build confidence that their skills meet the needs of employers
• Show prospective employers concrete proof of their skills
• Apply real-world use to coursework from the classroom Determine skill improvement and training needs
• Improve the opportunities for career changes and advancement
• Earn up to six college credit hours at Arkansas State University Newport and reach academic goals more quickly