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WorkKeys® Assessment System Overview
 The WorkKeys® Assessment System is a
comprehensive system for measuring, communicating and improving the
common skills required for success in the workplace. It allows these
skills to be quantitatively assessed in both individual persons and in
actual jobs. Therefore the WorkKeys System can allow you to identify
individuals who have the basic skills required to be successful in a
given position or career. When properly used, businesses can make
hiring and promotion decisions based on WorkKeys with confidence and
security.
The WorkKeys System is Nationwide
The WorkKeys Assessment System is rapidly becoming the nationwide standard for measuring and
communicating basic workplace skills. It is currently in use in all 50
states in the United States. The WorkKeys System was developed by ACT, Inc., the
creators of the college entrance exam.
The WorkKeys System is a Flexible System of Components
The major components of the WorkKeys System include:
- Job Profiling - Determining the
basic skills required for individual jobs and occupational careers
- Assessment - Measuring the basic
skills that individuals can apply to workplace situations
- Training - Curriculum guidelines
from ACT and curriculum from ACT Level 1 publishers designed to
improve an individual's skills so that they can be successful in
jobs of their choice
- Research - ACT's extensive research
and validation efforts results in a tool that can be applied with the highest levels of reliability and confidence to a wide range of education, employment and workforce development objectives.
Note that the WorkKeys System deals with the foundation skills required by all jobs, such as reading, mathematics,
teamwork and others. These skills are required by essentially all jobs,
from entry-level positions to white-collar professionals, although to
different degrees in each job. It allows you to see how much and
to what degree of complexity each skill is required in an individual
position. The WorkKeys System does not deal with job-specific training. For
instance, it would not train or measure the performance of a
person to be a printing press operator. However WorkKeys assessments do ensure
that a prospective employee could read and understand a typical press
operation manual, read the gauges and dials on the machine, work with
others in the company, and with the proper guidance become a successful
press operator. Without first knowing that a person possesses these
basic abilities, efforts to train a potential press operator could be
wasted. In this way, WorkKeys assessments help a business to avoid mistakes in
hiring and training a person who is not ready to absorb the information
presented in the training.
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