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Trump signed the order Friday afternoon at the meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, which his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump
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“The federal government will no longer focus closely on where he went to school,” Trump said at the firm.
Ivanka, in a call with journalists on Friday, said: “This will ensure that we can recruit based on talent.”
“The president created the most inclusive workforce in the country’s history before the pandemic and we will rebuild it,” he added.
The federal government is the largest employer in the United States and includes 2.1 million non-military workers.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sets the ground rules for hiring, and then agencies hire for specific jobs. This order will direct the agencies to stop examining the candidates through self-evaluations, OPM Acting Director Michael Rigas said in the call.
The hiring process would include subject matter experts participating in interviews to evaluate candidates first and direct them to the jobs they qualify for, based on their abilities.
“You can use a college degree in an unrelated discipline to qualify a candidate,” said a senior administration official. “We are not eliminating the college degree requirement, we are simply saying that it cannot be used to expel another person from a certification that has qualifications for the job.”
The official stressed that this process will level the playing field and “it is not at the expense of those with a college degree.”
“It really is about raising barriers for our Americans, especially those who potentially live in vulnerable communities. “What our White House is fighting for is opportunity for everyone in this country and not just for a few,” the official said.
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