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New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 30 2020, @12:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-don't-need-no-stinkin'-degree dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

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.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:39PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:39PM (#1014536)

    > this order gives hiring/firing managers total discretion to hire whoever they want to, based on whatever criteria matter to them - it's a door wide open to corruption and graft

    BINGO!

    This will be the crowning achievement of cronyism. We're almost there. Otherwise how can anyone explain Jared Kushner?

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  • (Score: 2) by Common Joe on Tuesday June 30 2020, @06:37PM

    by Common Joe (33) <{common.joe.0101} {at} {gmail.com}> on Tuesday June 30 2020, @06:37PM (#1014634) Journal

    Unfortunately, I agree.

    The awful part is that official reason he gave for the change is legit, even if the actual reason is shit. The people who support Trump can understand the official reason, but fail to see the actual.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 01 2020, @01:05PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 01 2020, @01:05PM (#1014993) Journal

    Otherwise how can anyone explain Jared Kushner?

    Trump trusts him.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:31PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:31PM (#1015007)

      That's great. A chain of trust that extends all the way to.... family members and his buddies from Yale [politico.com].

      Well that solves the riddle, problem solved, let's get on with fixing the VA computers reinventing the govt Middle East Peace accelerating the border wall heading the reelection campaign leading the Covid-19 response selling his shitty investment to Qatar using Whitehouse pressure on Saudi to blockade them.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 03 2020, @12:07AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 03 2020, @12:07AM (#1015599) Journal
        So what? That's the sort of job that gets cronies and political allies since President George Washington took the oath.