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CareerReady! Celebrates 100th Graduating Class!

 

CareerReady!, a workplace skills class based on WorkKeys, has helped students earn Career Readiness Certificates, train for the workplace, and prepare to enter occupational career training over several years.  Now the program, designed and offered by York Technical College in Rock Hill, SC, has graduated its 100th class marking a significant milestone in helping to create a ready workforce.

 

The success of CareerReady! has not been an accident.  The program has been measured, tweaked, revised and measured again in order to ensure that students get relevant skills to enter the workplace.   The staff at York Technical College believes there are several reasons for the success of the program...

 

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Career Skills:

Can you give this extra advantage to students?

 

Imagine this…two employees or job candidates have similar experience, foundational skills, and job-specific knowledge - yet one is hired or promoted over the other.  It happens every day – and more often than not soft skills play an important role.  KeyTrain’s Career Skills are designed to teach the soft skills needed to excel in the workplace.  The curriculum includes two hundred online lessons in five areas: Work Habits, Communication Skills, Workplace Effectiveness, Business Etiquette and the Job Search.

 

If your organization has a KeyTrain site license, Career Skills may be added for a one-time fee of $1,500 (a lesser fee for satellite sites).  For more information or a demo of Career Skills, email: info@keytrain.com

 

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Results Inspire Illinois Schools and Employers

 

Documented results was the theme that caught the attention of businesses at a WorkKeys/KeyTrain event hosted by Bill Ratzburg of District U-46 in Elgin, IL.  

 

Rose Hodges, Human Resource Director of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Richmond, Virginia showed how the maker of such products as Advil™, Robitussin™, and ChapStick™ built an award-winning employee development program using WorkKeys, KeyTrain, and the Career Readiness Certificate. Randy Lane of Eastman Chemical in Tennessee demonstrated that WorkKeys and KeyTrain play a significant role in making their selection process efficient and effective as they face a need to hire 1,500 new employees over a five year period...

 

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Tools to Help with KeyTrain

Student Tip Sheet

The student tip sheet that can be distributed to your KeyTrain users explains how to log in and how to use the various basic features of KeyTrain.  You may make copies of the Student Tip Sheet, post it in your classroom or on your organization’s website.  

 

Download the Student Tip Sheet

 

On-site Training

On-site training is a three-hour hands-on session that includes topics such as how to run reports and set up accounts, classes, and assignments.  If you are interested in on-site KeyTrain training for your organization, please email us at info@keytrain.com


Meet One of Our Team

 

Alan Artress, Customer Service Director

Many of you have met Alan and/or spoken with him on the phone.  If so, you understand why we are so proud to have him on the KeyTrain team!  Alan is truly a team player with a wealth of experience with WorkKeys and KeyTrain - and he goes out of his way to share his knowledge with clients.  Alan was one of the first Job Profilers trained by ACT in the early 90’s and has performed over 300 job profiles in industry and administered over 30,000 WorkKeys assessments throughout his career. 

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Share your story!

 

Do you have a KeyTrain success that you would like to share?  If so, send your information to info@keytrain.com

 

 


SAVE THESE DATES!!

The 2008 Midwest WorkKeys Conference:

Also entitled the
 Summit on Economic and Workforce Development


October 27 and 28
COX Convention Center, Oklahoma City

“Crossing the Line:  Evolving Regional Strategies – Real Change, Real Challenges, Real Connections" will focus on efforts to help find solutions for workforce needs in the Midwest while recognizing those organizations taking the lead in workforce initiatives.


The 2008 MICHIGAN WorkKeys Conference
November 19 and 20
Macomb Community College, Warren MI

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The South Carolina KeyTrain Users Statewide Webcast, October 16

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North Carolina KeyTrain Users Meeting – watch for more details soon


 

Michigan:

Free Webinar:  Strategies for the Michigan Merit Exam, October 2nd, 9:30am. 

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Southeastern WorkKeys Conference  February 4-6, 2009 Jacksonville, FL


National WorkKeys Conference
May12-15, 2009 San Antonio, TX


KeyTrain Gives Back

Hugh McCrabb Scholarship

 

Each year, KeyTrain is proud to sponsor the Hugh McCrabb Scholarship.  The Scholarship honors the late Hugh McCrabb for his pioneering work in making the Career Readiness Certificate a reality in Oklahoma and helping to increase workplace skills for thousands of Oklahomans. 

 

The 2008-09 Scholarship was awarded to Billy Henson, an adult student enrolled in the HVAC/R program at Moore Norman Technology Center. Billy, married with one son, plans to graduate, gain a position in the HVAC field, and eventually start his own business.  Billy’s application showed a wonderful sense of humor (a requirement based on McCrabb’s ever-present wit) but also a serious side.  In it, he states “Gaining an education and a career that I can be proud of will take me one step closer to becoming the man and father that I want to be.”  Hugh McCrabb would have been proud to assist Billy in accomplishing his goals, as is KeyTrain.

 

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