Career Ready Berks is an alliance developed by Berks County School Districts, Post-Secondary Institutions, Businesses and local business organizations to provide information, resources, and training programs to the 70,000 students in Berks County. 

Career Ready Berks puts your business or organization in touch with local educators, who are trying to connect the business community to their classroom, school, and students.  By offering career building experiences to Berks County students, you will be able to interact with them directly and let them know what skills they should be learning and perfecting to excel in your workplace.   Essentially, you can help shape our local workforce and ensure we have more informed students, a more skilled workforce, and a brighter future for the Greater Reading Area and Berks County. 

Please consider becoming part of the alliance to provide equitable access to career readiness opportunities to all of our Berks County students. 

Take a moment to watch the following video to get an in-depth look at our mission.                             

Career Ready Berks

The links below illustrate the workforce needs in Berks County in each of the Pathways as well as infomation for students on how to pursue each pathway.  

Business Information Technology Pathway

Science and Health Pathway

Arts and Communication Pathway

Engineering and Industrial Technology Pathway

The following links contain information on the Pennsylvania Career Ready inititative and PA Future Ready Index, Career Readiness Indicators

PA Career Readiness Guide

PA FAQs