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New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation In The Federal Workforce:
On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to fill job vacancies based on merit, rather than require a minimum level of education for candidates seeking open positions. The order rightly recognizes that a job candidate with several years of relevant experience may be just as qualified, if not more so, than one who has collected a stack of advanced degrees.
"Employers adopting skills- and competency-based hiring recognize that an overreliance on college degrees excludes capable candidates and undermines labor-market efficiencies," the order reads. "Currently, for most Federal jobs, traditional education — high school, college, or graduate-level — rather than experiential learning is either an absolute requirement or the only path to consideration for candidates without many years of experience."
The order still allows federal agencies to prescribe minimum educational requirements for job candidates if the degree is legally required by the state or local government where the federal employee will be working. Additionally, they may consider a candidate's education if the degree "directly reflects the competencies necessary" to do the job.
(Score: 2, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:07PM (5 children)
I'll remember that when my didn't-graduate-highschool, didn't-graduate-college, has-zero-certs self hands you money I made coding and admining while you're ringing me up at WalMart.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:44PM
Your skin color is the best cert you could ever hope for. All bright and shiny and stuff.. The door opens itself for you
FYI: A black guy can hide his AR easier than you can, blends right in. Is that why y'all are so scared? Or are you just jealous because you're so damn ugly?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @12:51AM (3 children)
Yep, in bumfuck nowhere you can make a decent living when not competing with more accomplished people. There is value in being able to self-teach and develop a successful career, but downplaying education just because you managed without it is unsurprisingly ignorant. Not that I disagree with this EO, but time will tell if it works as intended or just makes it easier for nepotism.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday July 01 2020, @03:13AM (2 children)
This "education" you speak of? I've seen far more self-taught people who could code their way out of a wet paper bag than with degrees by quite a large margin. Sitting in class and being taught is no way to learn anything that requires using your own mind.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @03:31PM (1 child)
> Sitting in class and being taught is no way to learn anything that requires having rich parents.
FTFY
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 02 2020, @10:11PM
If that's what you need to believe to keep from crying over your own failures, by all means.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.