What is WorkReadyAustin?

In response to the workforce needs of employers, Workforce Solutions Capital Area has introduced WorkReadyAustin, a skills validation and assessment tool designed to help job seekers “verify” work readiness skills – including soft skills, and in turn, help employers identify and select the right candidates to interview for their job openings. For many Austin employers, skills such as teamwork, communication, initiative, and problem-solving are often deemed more important that foundation skills such as reading and math.

WorkReadyAustin provides entry-level job applicants with targeted instruction and validation of the basic workplace skills most desired by local employers.

Job seekers who satisfactorily complete the requirements will be issued WorkReadyAustin certificates, signed by Workforce Solutions and the Austin Human Resource Management Association (AHRMA), that prove to employers that the job seeker has been exposed to and mastered both important Personality/Soft Skills and Foundational Skills.  If you, as an employer, wish to learn more about available, qualified candidates that can help your company meet its workforce needs, please contact:

Donna Crenshaw

Manager of Business Relations and Partnerships
donna.crenshaw@wfscapitalarea.com

512.597.7124

WorkReadyAustin Process

The WorkReadyAustin certificate program  has two components:

·         Part 1: Work Readiness or “Soft Skills”

Complete all sections with 80% or higher

§  Communication Effectively

§  Conveying Professionalism

§  Promoting Teamwork & Collaboration

§  Thinking Critically & Solving Problems

Certificate earned: Basic Work Readiness

·         Part 2: Foundational Skills

Complete all sections at Career Profiled Level (assessment or post-test)

§  Applied Math (Levels 1-6)

§  Reading for Information (Levels 1-7)

§  Locating Information (Levels 1-7)

Certificate(s) earned: Metal Level Work Readiness

WorkReadyAustin Metal Certificate Levels

Bronze WorkReadyAustin Certificate

·         Soft Skills score at 80%

·         Level 3 of the Foundational Skills

Silver WorkReadyAustin Certificate

·         Soft Skills score at 80%

·         Level 4 of the Foundational  Skills

Gold WorkReadyAustin Certificate

·         Soft Skills score at 90%

·         Level 5 of the Foundational Skills

Platinum WorkReadyAustin Certificate

·         Soft Skills score at 100%

·         Level 6 of the Foundational Skills