ACT WorkKeys Career Assessments

Nationally-recognized solutions for identifying, certifying, and strengthening core workplace skills.

ACT^® WorkKeys^® is a system of assessments, curriculum and skills profiling that determine, build, and measure essential workplace skills that can affect your job performance and increase opportunities for career changes and advancement.

Developed with the same knowledge and research expertise responsible for the ACT^® test, WorkKeys assessments and training help lead individuals and businesses to success.

Assess Employability Skills to Predict Workplace Success

ACT WorkKeys Essential Skills is a research-based, multi-method, online assessment designed to measure individuals' employability skills—Integrity, Work Ethic, Collaboration, Resilience, Leadership, and Creativity—that predict workplace success. 

WorkKeys Essential Skills offers a more complete picture of workplace skills for hiring, programs of study, and individuals’ personal skills needed for the next step on their career pathway.

Today’s workforce needs a wide range of skills to succeed, including the essential skills applicable to any career type. Aside from job-specific skills, don’t overlook the skills that drive higher productivity, performance, and competitiveness. 

Essential Skills Overview

WorkKeys Assessments are Relevant

Developed to solve actual workplace problems.

Unlike other assessments, they don’t simply give an indication of reading and writing competency. Instead, they measure a range of hard and soft skills relevant to any occupation, at any level, and across industries.

WorkKeys Assessments are Recognized

Successful completion of WorkKeys core assessments can lead to earning an ACT WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate™ (ACT WorkKeys NCRC®)—a credential that verifies the skills found to be most essential across industries and occupations.  

WorkKeys Assessments Validate Competencies

• Essential Skills
• Applied Math
• Graphic Literacy
• Workplace Documents
• Applied Technology
• Business Writing
• Workplace Observation
• Talent
• Fit

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