Alaska Career Ready is for job seekers!

Earning an Alaska Career Ready certificate helps show employers your potential as a productive employee. It also can show that you possess the skills needed for training and promotion.

The career readiness certificate provides you as a job seeker with a skill-based credential that can enhance career potential. It can show an employer that you can handle the kinds of tasks – locating information in a graphical format, reading instructions and directions, and working with math – that are common in today’s workplace.

Not sure if you are ready to take the assessments?  Want to brush up on those skills first?  Take a free placement test and practice with the free instructional software called KeyTrain, available at the nearest Job Center.  Ask the Job Center staff how to obtain a username and password, then go to www.keytrain.com to begin!

is a targeted curriculum written specifically to help people master the applied workplace skills as defined by WorkKeys®. As an ACT Level 1 publisher, KeyTrain provides curriculum that is based on the WorkKeys targets for instruction and meets ACT’s quality standards. KeyTrain includes instruction for all levels of WorkKeys and pre-WorkKeys skills. It is available via Internet, CD, or print versions. The Internet and CD versions include a powerful management and student tracking system that allows for easy administration and detailed reporting of students’ progress in the program. The KeyTrain program incorporates a full natural voice soundtrack for improved focus and concentration, online access to the WorkKeys Occupational Profile Database, quick-assignment features based on Career Readiness Certificates or job profiles, pre- and post-quizzes, and many other useful features.

Improve your foundational skills, explore careers, and become a certified candidate for a job that matches your skills, needs and interests.

Get more information on the Alaska Career Ready certificate here.

Get information on the WorkKeys skills and assessments here.

For information on taking the WorkKeys assessments or using the free instructional software, contact your local Job Center. To locate the Job Center nearest to you, please view the Department of Labor website at http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/offices/index.html.