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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: 5, Insightful) by Samantha Wright on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:12PM (2 children)
More cynically, Trump is notorious for preferring loyalty over competence. This might just be a way to broaden his own recruiting pool, though it also creates jobs in a way that favours his core demographic. White men without college degrees are his strongest supporters, and many of them are pretty unemployable in a degree-driven world.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:38PM
I don't discount your interpretation.
But another one is that this opens the door to cronyism and nepotism. C'mon right in, the swamp is fine!
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @07:58PM
Janitorial services in the government are contracted out.