About Work Ready Connect

Work Ready Connect, powered by Georgia Work Ready, helps Work Ready Certified job seekers and employers connect within the state. The site allows job seekers to create a profile, upload a résumé, search and apply for job openings within the state of Georgia. It also allows Georgia employers to create profiles, post job listings, review job applicants and search the site for qualified candidates.

About Georgia Work Ready

Georgia Work Ready was launched in August 2006 by Governor Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce to improve the job training and marketability of Georgia's workforce and drive future economic growth for the state. It is the only initiative of its kind to be conducted through a partnership between a state government and state chamber of commerce, ensuring that companies can more reliably match the right people with the right jobs. Work Ready is based on a skills assessment and certification for job seekers and a job profiling system for businesses. By identifying both the needs of business and the available skills of Georgia's workforce, the state can more effectively generate the right talent for the right jobs.

About the Governor's Office of Workforce Development

The Governor's Office of Workforce Development (GOWD) was created by Governor Sonny Perdue in August 2006 to improve the job training and marketability of Georgia's workforce and drive future economic growth for the state. The office administers Work Ready, a voluntary workforce assessment system measuring "real world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success.

For more information about Georgia Work Ready, please visit www.gaworkready.org.