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Project Self-Sufficiency Receives National Accreditation

Project Self-Sufficiency is now a nationally-recognized testing site for the Work Readiness Credential.

Project Self-Sufficiency has been authorized by the National Work Readiness Council to become a testing site for the Work Readiness Credential, the standardized testing administered to entry-level workers to ensure that they are poised for success in the workplace.  The agency is one of only a handful of locations in New Jersey which has been authorized by the National Work Readiness Council to administer the 4-phased test.  There are 130 testing sites nationwide; the other New Jersey sites are located in Camden, Cranford, Hackensack, Newark, Union City, Vineland, and Westhampton.

 

The National Work Readiness Credential was developed through a five-year, national consensus-building process that included businesses, unions, chambers of commerce, education and training professionals, and state workforce investment boards in the founding states of Florida, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and the District of Columbia. 

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According to the National Work Readiness Council, the economic output of the United States is now 75% service and service related industry driven.  These service and service related industries range from hospitality to Information Technology consulting to contract Research and Development.  There over 25 million entry-level, frontline workers in the service economy.

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The purpose of the Work Readiness test is to ensure that employees have the skills to add value to the workplace as they assume entry-level positions.   Employees who pass the 4-pronged test will be able to demonstrate to potential employers that they have competent skills in situational judgment, active listening, reading with understanding, and using math to solve problems. 

 

“Project Self-Sufficiency has provided workplace training, including computer skills and classroom instruction, for 25 years,” noted Deborah Berry-Toon, Executive Director of Project Self-Sufficiency.  “Being certified as a testing site for Work Readiness Credentials validates the model we have used since our inception, and assures area employers that they can have confidence in the candidates trained by Project Self-Sufficiency.”

 

Project Self-Sufficiency is a private non-profit community-based organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income families residing in northwestern New Jersey.  The agency’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of holistic, respectful, and comprehensive services enabling low-income single parents, teen parents, two-parent families, and displaced homemakers to improve their lives and the lives of their children through the achievement of personal and economic self-sufficiency and family stability.  Since 1986 Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 19,000 families, including over 30,000 children. 

 

For more information about the programs and services offered by Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500.

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