COLUMBIA, S.C. (October 14, 2015) - On Wednesday, September 30th, Governor Nikki Haley announced that two additional Central SC counties received work ready certification through the South Carolina Work Ready Communities initiative. The two counties, Calhoun and Orangeburg, join six other Central SC counties receiving the designation. South Carolina is leading the nation with the most certified work ready communities, with thirty-nine counties being certified.
For a community to become certified as a work ready community, a county must reach or exceed goals in workforce and education set by the ACT National Career Readiness Certificates (NCRC). The NCRC is a certificate recognized at the State level, as well as nationwide, by all employers from all industry sectors.
The six other Central SC counties having obtained their certification include: Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, McCormick, and Newberry.
For additional information on the South Carolina work ready initiative, visit: www.scworkready.org.
About Central South Carolina Alliance
The Central SC Alliance (CSCA) is a full-service professional economic development organization, founded in 1994 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, public/private partnership, engaged in the recruitment of capital investment and jobs to the Central Region of South Carolina. Since inception, CSCA and its partners and allies, have attracted over $10.7 billion in capital investment nearly 64,000 new jobs to the Central Region of South Carolina.CSCA represents nine counties and the City of Columbia. (The nine county region includes, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Orangeburg and Richland.) To learn more about the Central SC Alliance please visit our website at www.centralsc.org and be sure to follow us on Twitter @Central_SC and like us on Facebook.