Ready to Work is now Alabama Career Essentials (ACE). The main goal of the new ACE course is to ensure current and future workers are equipped with the skills necessary to enter the 21st-century Alabama workforce.

Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) is a FREE training course designed by the Alabama Community College System to provide Alabamians with relevant, cutting-edge, and industry-driven employability skills training to better prepare individuals for the Alabama workforce.
What can you gain from ACE? Job Skill Credentials.
- ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
- Alabama Certified Employee Certificate (ACE)
- One free college course (up to 4 credit hours)
- Mobilizing Alabama Pathways (MAP) Certificate
In addition to credentials, participants gain support, build confidence, improve their opportunities, and get access to ongoing skill upgrades and lifelong learning.
Alabama Career Essentials Interest Form
Career Readiness Certificate
- Applied Mathematics
- Reading for Information
- Locating Information
National Career Readiness Certificate
For more information, contact:
Crissy Broadway, Coordinator
Alabama Career Essentials Program
256-331-5248
cbroadway@nwscc.edu