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Left to right: Cindy Zehnder, State Workforce Board Chair; Mark Mattke, SAWDC Executive Director; Brian Burrow, SAWDC Project Manager; John Dickson, Employment Security Department Area Director; Shelly O'Quinn, Greater Spokane Incorporated Director of Education and Workforce; Rep. Kevin Parker, WA State Legislature 6th District; Leslie Goldstein, Governor's Executive Policy Advisor.
Spokane Area Workforce Development Council Receives Governor's Best Practice Award
The Work Ready Spokane initiative was recognized last week in a ceremony at the Capitol in Olympia. The project was named a Best Practice in Workforce and Economic Development by Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Work Ready Spokane was launched last year using ACT WorkKeys, a national work readiness assessment, to demonstrate a potential employee's workplace skills. It has proven to have application in secondary and postsecondary education as well as workforce and economic development.
Partners in the project include Triumph Composite Systems, Goodrich Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum, Greater Spokane Incorporated, Community Colleges of Spokane, Spokane Public Schools, Medical Lake High School, WorkSource Spokane and Next Generation Zone.
More than 700 certificates demonstrating work readiness have been awarded since the project began. Learn more about WorkKeys and the project here. | 
