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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @04:28PM (1 child)
You don't get it do you? There's nothing wrong with the world - it's you. If you're not going to help yourself there is not a single person in this world that can help you. And for many people this is the exact scenario.
We now live in a world where you can learn priceless trades online, for free. You can self publish software to an audience of millions online, for nearly free (publication fees on app stores or steam are generally about a day of minimum wage). And there are a million videos, forums, and other places where you can even get interactive aid and improve your own skills. Again - for free. Now a days even all the software you need to get all this going is, once again, free.
But working is hard. It can take years of effort. By contrast, you can complain and whine and bitch and get all these little immediately rewarding little dopamine bursts from complaining on social media. So you keep going that route, and you probably will your entire life.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @06:34PM
Bbut I read online that "People who are going to change the world will change the world in spite of adversity."
So why bother fixing adversity?