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

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: 4, Interesting) by Gaaark on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:15PM (4 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:15PM (#1014552) Journal

    Did you know that Einstein, while working at the Government patent office, had PLENTY of time doing nothing and was thus able to spend time thinking?

    "The job at the Federal Office for Intellectual Property – Einstein referred to it tongue-in-cheek as his "cobbler's trade" – turned out to be stroke of good fortune because it was excellently paid (CHF 3500 per year) and was undemanding for his nimble intelligence. "
    ---https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/the-history-of-the-ipi/einstein/einstein-at-the-patent-office.html

    How many jobs today, other than Government jobs, do people have time to just think?

    If he hadn't gotten that government job, would his theories ever have seen the light of day?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:41PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:41PM (#1014567)

    Taking things completely out of context! Classy guy. Here let me continue your quote exactly where you left off:

    He spoke of the Federal Office for Intellectual Property as "that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas". With his courteousness and modesty and his humorous approach to life, Einstein was very well liked. On 1 April 1906, he was promoted to technical expert – class II. He managed his time exactly: eight hours of work, eight hours of «allotria» (miscellaneous) and scientific work, and eight hours of sleep (which he often used instead for writing his manuscripts). Much to the Federal Office for Intellectual Property's regret, he left in the autumn of 1909 to take over the chair in theoretical physics at the University of Zurich.

    And of course the top also mentions the rather strict working conditions Einstein was under due to a rigid boss. He worked hard at work, worked hard at home, and achieved awesome stuff in spite of extreme adversity. That adversity is also left out in that article (in part because it's a fluff piece from the patent office he worked at). He sought a position *anywhere* for a bit more than 2 years. Nobody wanted him. And now we have it about a million times easier than Einstein did in every single way.

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @06:36PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @06:36PM (#1014633)

      That doesn't explain why you are stomping around scolding everybody like a little bitch.

      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Wednesday July 01 2020, @06:07AM (1 child)

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 01 2020, @06:07AM (#1014884) Journal

        I don't read it as 'stomping around scolding everybody' - he is simply stating that many people feel that they are owed an easy life, which they are most certainly not.

        I see plenty of evidence of this. 'Influencers' on the internet who believe that they should receive preferential treatment or free goods because they are prepared to tell their followers that such-and-such a product or service is good. Businesses that believe that paper certificates in some way 'prove' a person's suitability for a job, rather than looking at what individuals are actually capable of and their track record. The list goes on.

        However there are some, perhaps even a majority, who are prepared to put some effort in and to produce something of value or useful to others, tangible or otherwise. Of course, with rising unemployment as a result of COVID-19 we are going to see people struggling more and more to find a basic job in their current skill field. Perhaps we need to start thinking outside the box a little more.

        The 'like a little bitch' is simply an ad hominem attack and not worthy of being part of this discussion.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:19PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:19PM (#1015005)

          > 'Influencers' on the internet who believe that they should receive preferential treatment or free goods because they are white and shiny / offspring of someone famous

          FTFY