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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:25PM (1 child)
Ha ha I would mod you funny if I wasn't crying.
The university I work at is the EXACT opposite of a creative hotbed. The professors are, in the main, authoritarians who never had an original thought but learnt (from those before them) to bullshit and nod and act like a professor's supposed to act. These are the last people on earth you want training your kids. Unless you want your kids to be scared conformists that have forgotten how to think for themselves.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @11:56PM
Charlie? Turning Point Community College drop-out? Oh, you are one of those ex-students! Like TMB! Just too smart for the world, too smart for your own good. Makes us all wonder why god even created you!