Why Take The CRA?

    • Discover your potential. In just a couple of hours, find out whether you’re ready to pursue a bright future in today’s high-growth careers.
    • Demonstrate your capabilities. Show that you can learn new concepts, follow instructions, solve problems, and persevere through challenges—skills that matter in every modern workplace.
    • Unlock your pathway to training. A high score qualifies you for admission into all NCLab career training programs, which use the same engaging, gamified learn-by-doing platform featured in the assessment.

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in the NCLab Career Readiness Assessment and our career training programs.

In just a couple of hours, this hands-on assessment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to learn new concepts, follow instructions, solve problems, and persevere through challenges—core capabilities that are essential for success in modern workplaces and career training programs.

When you complete the assessment, you will earn a digital badge recognizing your achievement and confirming that you have the foundational capabilities needed to pursue advanced career training and high-growth opportunities.

We’re excited to have you take this important first step toward your future.

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Taking the Career Readiness Assessment

 

The detailed instructions below describe the steps that you need to follow to take the assessment. The assessment takes 1 to 3 hours to complete and is best done in one session.

Do as much of the assessment as you want to do or have time to do. To come back to it later and pick up where you left off by logging in at nclab.com. Click on the LOGIN on the top menu bar and input your email address and password. Note: If you’ve forgotten your password, NCLab will provide you a new one through email.

Upon completing the assessment, you will be asked to continue your journey by scheduling a post-assessment interview in which we will review your assessment results and you will be able to ask any additional questions you may have. We will also discuss whether our training programs are a good fit for your learning style, time availability, and goals.

NOTE: Hints and templates are tracked in the graded exercises, but you can use as many as you need for the practice exercises so as to make sure you understand the concepts.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ASSESSMENT DOES NOT DISPLAY INFORMATION PROPERLY ON SMART PHONES SO YOU MUST USE A COMPUTER OR A TABLET TO DO THE ASSESSMENT.

 

FIRST: CLICK HERE to open a new browser window and create an NCLab account. You’ll need to input: Your name, email address, and a password in the form. A code (“dzsxkl”) will autofill for you.

SECOND: Press the SUBMIT button and you will get an “Activate Your Account” message below the completed form, as shown below.

 

 

THIRD: Go to your email inbox and you should find an assessment-generated email as shown below. If you do not receive the email, it may be in your spam or junk folder. If you cannot find it, please contact support@nclab.com and we will help you complete your activation because firewalls have been known to interfere with the process.

FOURTH: Click on the “Activate Your Account Now!” link.

 

FIFTH: This will open a confirmation message and clicking on it will bring you to the NCLab desktop with the NCLab Career Readiness Assessment card on it.

 

 

SIXTH: Click on it to begin doing your assessment. Enjoy!