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Overview for Employers
The SC Career Readiness Program is designed to strengthen workforce readiness and support employer hiring needs. It is administered by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW).
The statewide program provides employers with tools to align skills with job requirements, while helping jobseekers build and demonstrate essential workplace skills through validated assessments and credentials. This coordinated approach strengthens and prepares the state’s workforce to attract higher-wage jobs and support economic growth.
Worldwide Interactive Network (WIN) Learning, a contracted provider, collaborates to deliver the program’s educational software, assessments, credentials, and job analysis tools. These tools are made available through a network of approved partners across the state.
The SC Career Readiness Program is a work readiness program that supports employers by aligning job requirements with validated skills. Through assessments, credentials and Job Analysis, employers gain tools to strengthen hiring, onboarding, and workforce development.
The SC Career Readiness Program includes six assessments, courseware, or educational software to help individuals prepare for each, and a job analysis tool to help employers determine the achievement level required to perform a particular job function. The assessments and educational software are made available to jobseekers at no cost through SC Works centers and partner locations. The job analysis tool is also available to employers at no cost through the SC Career Readiness Program.
- Who does the SC Career Readiness Program serve?
Employers
- Employers seeking skilled, job-ready candidates
- Employers looking to strengthen hiring and training outcomes
- Organizations building a stronger workforce pipeline
Jobseekers
- Individuals preparing to enter the workforce
- Workers seeking advancement or career change
- Workers seeking better opportunities
- Students and recent graduates
- What does the SC Career Readiness Program offer?
- Courseware, or educational software to build foundational and job-related skills
- Assessments that measure workplace readiness and skill proficiency
- Credentials to validate skills that employers value
- Job Analysis to align skills with real job requirements
- Statewide access through approved testing sites
- What is the Job Analysis?
The WIN Job Analysis is a thorough and unbiased job analysis model that is designed to help employers source the right candidates, set appropriate selection standards, and hire and advance the most suitable individual for the job. The process involves in-depth analysis of the job by subject matter experts to make a reasoned determination of job tasks, and identification of the WIN Learning foundational skill areas (Math, Reading and Data) and achievement levels required to successfully perform the job.
- What are the six types of Career Readiness credentials offered?
Courseware, or educational software, is available for each of the Career Readiness Assessments to teach these fundamental skills and help individuals prepare for the assessment.
- How do employers benefit from the SC Career Readiness Program?
- Improve hiring decisions
- Hire with confidence by aligning needed skills, credentials, and job requirements
- Reduce training time and cost
- Fill a reliable talent pipeline
- Identify skills needed for specific jobs
- Build cohesive, high-performing teams with reduced turnover and a harmonious and productive workplace
- If I am an employer, how do I get started with the SC Career Readiness Program?
Email SCCareerReadiness@dew.sc.gov for information and guidance on how to apply for a Job Analysis.
- How do I contact one of the statewide, approved testing sites?
Click here to view contact information for each of the approved testing sites in South Carolina.
- Where do I find an overview of the SC Career Readiness for jobseekers?
Click here to find an overview of the SC Career Readiness Program for jobseekers.