Posted on 06/25/2020 4:40:55 PM PDT by karpov
President Donald Trump is preparing to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicants skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say.
Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday outlining a new direction for the nations largest employer during a meeting of the board that advises the administration on worker policy.
Ivanka Trump, the presidents daughter and adviser, is co-chair of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and has worked on improving job training to meet employers changing needs.
The federal government is the nations largest employer with 2.1 million civilian workers, excluding postal service employees.
Ivanka Trump predicted the change in federal government hiring would create a more inclusive and talented workforce. She encouraged the private sector to follow the administrations lead.
We are modernizing federal hiring to find candidates with the relevant competencies and knowledge, rather than simply recruiting based on degree requirements, she told The Associated Press in a statement. We encourage employers everywhere to take a look at their hiring practices and think critically about how initiatives like these can help diversify and strengthen their workforce.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the boards other co-chair, said the need for skills training and apprenticeships is as great as it was before the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people out of work, pushing the national unemployment rate above 13% in May.
Americans are eager to get to work but they need our help, Ross told AP.
The White House isnt eliminating degree requirements altogether but instead will stress skills in jobs where having a degree is less important.
Aides say the change will create more opportunities for Americans to work for the federal government by recognizing that some learning happens outside of classrooms.
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Re: K-12 indoctrination
Any youth that can prove literacy and numeracy should be granted an official high school diploma **regardless of the child’s age***!!!
The SAT, ACT, or GED tests could be used as proof.
Let these kids move on into apprenticeships, higher ed, internships, and/or college.
Fedgov here(DOD) ... I was hired as a GS-13/6; despite a 9th grade education, because of my experience...
The best physics professor I had in college did not have his doctorate. He was also the head of the department and was voted Best Professor every other year. You could only get it every other year.
I don’t think the Fed Gov’t employs any HIB Indian trash. I could be wrong—but I know all our contractors/call centers are instead hired from sort of “needy” areas (could use employment) of the country such as rural Iowa, rural NY, and rural TX.
Although not Federal, H1B trash do work in state governments, local governments, the TVA. And I”m guessing Congressional employees are Federal government employees. Not Indian, but remember the Pakistani H1B trash that ran the congressional network.
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