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SC Career Readiness - Jobseekers

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Overview for Jobseekers

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 helps jobseekers build and demonstrate essential workplace skills through validated assessments and credentials, while providing employers with tools to align skills with job requirements. These results strengthen and prepare 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.

This coordinated approach ensures consistent access to workforce readiness resources while maintaining strong alignment with employer demand.

The SC Career Readiness Program includes six assessments, courseware (educational software), to help individuals prepare for each, and a job analysis 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. 

Who does the SC Career Readiness Program serve?

Jobseekers

  • Individuals preparing to enter the workforce
  • Workers seeking advancement or career change
  • Workers seeking better opportunities
  • Students and recent graduates

Employers

  • Businesses seeking skilled, job-ready candidates
  • Employers looking to strengthen hiring and training practices
What does the SC Career Readiness Program offer?
  • 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 types of skills and credentials can I earn through the SC Career Readiness Program?
  • Work Readiness Credential that validates foundational academic skills in math, reading and data that are essential across a wide range of occupations.
  • Essential Soft Skills Credential that validates proficiency in foundational work habits and situational judgement skills for most jobs.
  • Digital Skills Credential that validates proficiency in essential workplace technology skills across a wide range of occupations.

  • Professional Skills Credential that validates proficiency in both workplace behaviors and digital competencies.

    Academic Skills      Soft Skills Assessments    Digital Skills Assessments

How do I prepare for the SC Career Readiness Assessments?

Educational software is available for each of the Career Readiness Assessments to teach these fundamental skills and help individuals prepare for the assessment. 

Academic Skills Courseware    Soft Skills Courseware     Digital Skills Courseware

How do jobseekers benefit from the SC Career Readiness Program?

The SC Career Readiness Program is a work readiness program that helps individuals build and demonstrate the skills employers value most. Through preparation resources, assessments and credentials, jobseekers show they are ready for today’s workplace and prepared for career growth. Jobseekers can:

  • Prepare for employment and advancement
  • Earn tangible credentials that validate workplace readiness; academic, digital and interpersonal skills
  • Increase potential for career entry, retention, and advancement
  • Enhance marketability in a competitive job market
  • Gain preparation for real-world workplace expectations
  • Gain confidence, feel valued, strengthen résumé, and achieve career goals
Who should participate in the SC Career Readiness Program?
  • Individuals entering the workforce
  • Jobseekers looking to improve employment opportunities
  • Workers seeking advancement or career change
  • Students and recent high school graduates
If I am a jobseeker, how do I get started in the SC Career Readiness Program?
How do I contact one of the statewide, approved testing sites?

Click here to view the locations and contact information for the approved testing sites in South Carolina.

Where do I find an overview of the SC Career Readiness Program for employers?

Click here to find an overview of the SC Career Readiness Program for employers.