Welcome to WorkReadyNH!

This tuition-free professional development program builds skills that NH employers highly desire:

➢ Soft Skills like effective communication, team building, problem solving, and decision making

➢ Essential Skills of adequate levels of reading, math, and locating information in graphs

When you graduate, you will earn a WorkReadyNH Certificate and Soft Skills Digital Badge from the Community College System of NH, and the National Career Readiness Certificate from ACT.

These achievements increase and highlight your value as an employee and colleague.

Program Components

Soft Skills Course

Live Class with an Instructor

➢ Plus some Independent Assignments

Soft Skills Focus Areas

• Active Listening & Effective Communication

• Building Better Teams

• How to Showcase Your Skills

• Your Personal Profile & Building Your Brand

• Employer Expectations & Business Ethics

• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

• Conflict Resolution

• Workplace Sensitivity

• Workplace Safety

• Customer Service

ACT WorkKeys & National Career Readiness

WorkKeys Curriculum

➢ Self-Guided Lessons & Assessments

National Career Readiness Assessments

➢ Standardized, Proctored Assessments

Foundational Skills Focus Areas

• Reading and Understanding Workplace Documents

• Using Applied Math (through Algebra)

• Interpreting Information Graphs and Charts

Course Materials & Technology

Zoom

➢ Online Classroom
➢ Live, Interactive Class

• Learn how to join a Zoom video session

• Join a test Zoom meeting to check your connection, audio, and video

ACT

➢ Foundational Skills applied to the Workplace: Math, Reading, Graphs
➢ Placement Quizzes followed by self-paced Lessons and Assessments

• Learn about ACT’s WorkKeys and NCRC

• How to get started

• Overview of ACT’s National Career Readiness Assessments

Znanja

➢ Soft Skills Online Course Manual
➢ Self-paced Lessons and Assessments

• Click here for Znanja tutorials

Google Drive

➢ Shared Folders and Documents with auto-save
➢ Collaborate Statewide in real time

• Intro to Google Accounts, Apps, & Drive

• Google Slides Intro

• Already using Google? Here’s how to manage multiple accounts

Program Certificates

Pass the WorkReadyNH Soft Skills Course to earn your WorkReadyNH Soft Skills Training Digital Badge, issued by the Community College System of NH

Pass the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Assessments to earn your ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate, issued by ACT

Pass both components to become an official WorkReadyNH Graduate
and earn your WorkReadyNH Program Certificate, issued by the Community College System of NH