SCENE: A group of happy employees is gathered in front of an office cubicle, looking up toward the camera. They're smiling and jostling one another. SCENE: Fade to a computer screen. The camera pans left to right across the screen, which displays a spreadsheet. NARRATOR: What's your most valuable resource? Your employees, right? So, do you have a reliable system for hiring and keeping good employees? SCENE: Fade to the sign outside of Owensboro Community and Technical College sign at 1501 Frederica. NARRATOR: You do now. Owensboro Community and Technical College offers you WorkKeys -- a flexible, cost-effective solution for building a winning workforce. SCENE: Fade to a close-up of an open WorkKeys brochure, then dissolve to Robert Wayman, Plant Manager, Unilever Bestfoods North America. Wayman is a bearded man in a white golf shirt sitting at a desk in front of a window. He looks off-camera as he speaks: SPEAKER: "Well, here at our plant in Owensboro, everybody that works at the plant has taken the WorkKeys assessment. We've tested everybody here--411 people." SCENE: Cut to a woman on the telephone in front of the same computer as before. Another cut to a man seated at a desk talking to a woman standing beside the desk. They smile and give a thumbs-up as the conversation continues. NARRATOR: Through the College's Center for Community and Economic Development you have access to a full range of WorkKeys support. This support includes workplace assessments, training needs analysis, consulting and training services. SCENE: Janice Tomblinson, Vice President, Human Resources, MPD Inc., who sits in a brown leather office chair. She wears a purple business suit and glasses: SPEAKER: "It has assisted us in better defining the qualities of the applicants that we're looking for--better define, for example, what a candidate's skill level is on such things as math or locating information. Previously, that kind of qualification had not been available to us." NARRATOR: The WorkKeys system was developed by the nationally-recognized ACT organization to help you: TITLE: The following passages are also displayed as yellow text on an animated green and blue background reminiscent of a computer's internal parts. NARRATOR: Define measurable skill requirements for specific jobs, Take the guesswork out of your hiring process, Reduce your recruitment costs, Establish legal defensibility in a selection process, Match new employees to the most appropriate job, Reduce turnover, overtime, and waste, and Develop focused training initiatives for your employees. SCENE: Charles Mattingly, Manager, Hourly Employment Safety, Security, & Benefits, MPD, Inc., wears a red sweater, white turtleneck, a white beard and glasses. He sits in front of a brass lamp and a painting of a winter scene: SPEAKER: "It can be used as a tool to identify training needs for our employees." SCENE: The following text is narrated as light blue text reading, "WorkKeys 3 Proven Strategies" is displayed on a dark purple and orange animated "circuitboard" background. NARRATOR: WorkKeys consists of three proven strategies to guarantee that you hire and keep the right people in the right job. SCENE: The following three paragraphs are narrated as the titles are displayed separately as blue and yellow text overlaid on a rotating three-dimensional green "circuitboard" background that shifts to blue. TITLE: #1 Job Profiling First, authorized WorkKeys profilers work with your experienced employees to evaluate the key requirements for specific jobs in your organization through a process called job profiling. TITLE: #2 Assess Your Applicants/Employees Second, you can give ACT's standardized WorkKeys skill assessments to your job applicants and your employees to pinpoint their current skill levels in up to eight critical areas. TITLE: #3 Target Your Training Finally, you can then compare the skill levels demonstrated by each test taker to the minimum skill levels required for the profiled jobs. This enables you to immediately evaluate an applicant's qualifications and identify the training needs of your current employees. SCENE: Sitting in front of a blue curtain and a large fern. Shawn McHenry, Radiology Student, wears a pink blouse and pink necklace.: SPEAKER: "WorkKeys gave me the confidence I needed to pursue my education." SCENE: The camera pulls away from a Kentucky Employability Certificate propped on a small wooden table. NARRATOR: The Kentucky Employability Certificate validates WorkKeys performance of job applicants and existing employees so you can hire and promote with confidence. SCENE: "KEC Measures Reading for Information, Applied Math, and Locating Information" is displayed as blue and yellow text on a red and blue background where lines like those on a sound meter or heart monitor pulse over what appears to be a clock face or safe dial. NARRATOR: The Kentucky Employability Certificate measures the level of reading, math, and locating information skills that most jobs require. TITLE: "Kentucky Employability Certificate Levels" is displayed in blue text on a greenish-blue background featuring a rotating wireframe cube and static arcs. NARRATOR: To earn a Kentucky Employability Certificate, a person must take all three WorkKeys assessments to achieve either a Silver level for a score of 4 or a Gold level for a score of 5. SCENE: Terry Williford, Healthcare Employee, stands in a room with a landscape painting, some computers, and a bookcase in the background. She wears a blue blouse and a thin gold chain: SPEAKER: "I have two grown children, and I'm probably about as excited about my certificate as I was when they graduated from high school. It's just an accomplishment--something else you are able to do in life." SCENE: The camera zooms in on a Kentucky Employability Certificate propped on a small wooden table. Cut to a shot of the SkillTrain/SkillTest Center sign at OCTC, then to a shot of the Center'sinterior. Wooden tables are surrounded by burgundy office chairs in a large room with burgundy walls. The words "Think" and "Success" are painted in large gold letters on either side of a doorway passing into another beige-walled room with gray office chairs. NARRATOR: For anyone interested in earning a Kentucky Employability Certificate, free WorkKeys instruction and assessments are available through SkillTrain at Owensboro Community and Technical College. SCENE: An Owensboro-Daviess County Skills Inc. sign is shown--a burgundy pennant with gold letters on a white background. Cut to a middle-aged woman in a print blouse and glasses sitting in front of a computer as she reads a document to the left of her keyboard. Pan back to show other office workers and Skills, Inc. stationery on a file cabinet. NARRATOR: The College also partners with Skills, Inc. to offer WorkKeys assessments. Skills, Inc. is a joint opportunities for job seekers and solutions for employers. Currently, more than 3,000 job seekers with WorkKeys scores are registered in its database. SCENE: Pam Cox is Manager of Human Resources Development at Owensboro Medical Health System. She sits in an office chair in front of a white wall and a desk covered with files and folders. Pam wears a black and red business suit: SPEAKER: "The benefit that I feel we have recognized is keeping the employees happy, productive--increasing their knowledge, their skills, and abilities in the organization." SCENE: Cut to several people gathered around a set of folding tables. They appear to be watching a presentation. NARRATOR: In addition to WorkKeys and the Kentucky Employability Certificate, the College's Center for Community and Economic Development offers you value-priced, customized training services. SCENE: Cut to an overhead shot of workers on a factory floor. SCENE: Cut to a shot of a young man at a desk in front of a window. He appears to be doing homework. SCENE: Cut to two welders in masks with torches lit as they work. SCENE: Cut to the group around folding tables again as they appear now to be engaged in a discussion. SCENE: Cut to a machine where a laser cuts a pattern out of a metal sheet. NARRATOR: Our business and industry programs range from leadership development to mobile manufacturing and highly specialized technical training. SCENE: Cut to the group gathered around folding tables again as they continue their discussion. NARRATOR: Our award winning "Adventures in Community Education" program provides hundreds of opportunities for community members of all ages. SCENE: Several shots of the interior of a video production facility. Monitors, banks of instruments and switches, and computers are shown. NARRATOR: Our Educational Technology Services provide affordable video production to put your company on the cutting edge. TITLE: Superimposed over an animated background where a green light moves through a machine of some kind is this text: "Keys to a Brighter Future! WorkKeys and the KEC Center for Community and Economic Development Owensboro Community and Technical College 1501 Frederica Street Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 270-686-4444" NARRATOR: So, if you are interested in WorkKeys and the Kentucky Employability Certificate, or any of the other lifelong learning opportunities offered-- contact us today for the keys to a brighter future!