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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:31PM (1 child)
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 computersreinventing the govtMiddle East Peaceaccelerating the border wallheading the reelection campaignleading the Covid-19 responseselling his shitty investment to Qatar using Whitehouse pressure on Saudi to blockade them.(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 03 2020, @12:07AM