Great idea, considering some jobs don’t care if applicants have an engineering degree or art history degree.
JubalHarshaw23 on
A lot of College Requirements for entry level jobs are just a Legal way to drastically reduce the number of Minority applicants.
gigglefarting on
And then offer a path to get a college education paid for while working
Effy_kaye on
Deregulate cannabis and federal jobs will have many more qualified applicants.
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requiem33 on
This will be great for everyone. I always found it dumb that I was more than qualified to work in federal contracts but not as an “employee” because I didn’t have a degree.
Now they need to increase employee pay so they make as much or more than the contractors.
BigMuscles on
Prepare yourselves for government communication to worsen even further. Regardless of the University degree, 4 year college graduates all have solid written and verbal communication skills…this is why I ended my experiment with non-college hires for non-labor skilled positions.
> "As president, I will get rid of the unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs to increase jobs for folks without a four-year degree," Harris on Friday in her speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
> A degree does not necessarily indicate a person's skills, Harris said.
Ban any corporate tax breaks from being used for stock buy backs
Cap medical insurance profits… essentially, regulate them like a utility… like other types of insurance (institute an insurance tsar)
Free (federally sponsored) junior college & trade schools
Caps on higher education tuition fees, tied to average earnings of program graduates (no, $200K art degrees)
Make federal student loans intentionally low interest (building an educated and capable workforce is an economic engine and in the national interest). And make loan repayments (and certainly interest on payments) tax deductible. Treat it like a “training” (personal) business expense… because that’s what it is.
AlbinoAxie on
The problem with federal jobs is they’ve lost their stability. Republicans regulatory shut down the government and threaten to fire large numbers of employees. With lack of stability the applicant pool becomes much smaller.
davechri on
This hasn’t proven to be effective in private industry.
LouDiamond on
They should also make them 90% easier to apply for
saltyjellybeans on
wonder if she was influenced by walz. walz did the same in minnesota for state government jobs.
Finally. I Iive in a town that is obsessed with college degrees. It’s so hard to find work here without one. I ended up getting a remote job based in another state bc companies here said I was unqualified. One of the biggest employers here is the government…. I’m currently a project manager but in my state I’m not even qualified to get an admin job at the government level. It’s absurd.
i-love-freesias on
This is brilliant. It’s a form of discrimination that companies have used for a long time, as a way to avoid hiring people of color and women, legally.
Conscious-Potato9366 on
I would want more details on this. There are already plenty of federal jobs that do not require a degree. The ones that typically require education are professional in nature, like accounting, engineering, architecture, biological or physical sciences, or allied health, where it would be difficult to perform the duties of the position without some kind of higher education. General office work doesn’t require a college degree, although often you can substitute education for experience. The qualification standards for each job series are on the OPM website, and some series that require education have alternative pathways for meeting the requirement with experience or a combination of education and experience.
The series I’m in does not require a degree, but those who have one tend to have an easier time with the writing and reading comprehension requirements.
7screws on
This could potentially be the start of higher education bubble burst
Virtual_Name_4659 on
people with degrees are unemployed right now. On page 2 of government statics 202X, unemployed without degrees XY% just sound better than unemployed graduates
Badoreo1 on
Glad she’s not elitist. I think this is good thing
jpb21110 on
First stupid thing. Devaluing college degrees isn’t the way to boost those who didn’t go to college up
linuxphoney on
Meanwhile, Trump says that people with cancer are responsible for all drug crime and promises to send them to the moon whether elected or not. Same same.
JMDeutsch on
Good, college prices will only come down when college is no longer a “requirement.”
kinkgirlwriter on
It’s a great idea.
itsa_me_ on
Breaking News! Kamala Harris hiring ILLEGALS with no education!!! /s
Whatsthatthingagain on
Maybe go the other way and make college eduction free… less educated people doesn’t seem to the answer to todays issues.
BIackfjsh on
I’ve been employed with the federal civil sector for 8 years. I got my start with the recent graduates hiring authority and got a GS-7 job which is considered entry level.
Since then, I’ve worked jobs that were GS 7 to 10 and I’ve never used my degree once.
I’m confident I could teach most anyone the jobs I did along the way as long as they are willing to learn and put in their best effort. No 2 year or 4 year degree needed.
This is an excellent move because federal jobs provide great benefits and a pension, something under-heard of these days.
anonyg7 on
Applicable for most jobs (except medical & engineering)- The whole point of a college degree is to show a potential employer that you showed up someplace four years in a row, completed a series of tasks reasonably well and on time. So if they hire you, there’s a semi-decent chance that you’ll show up there every day and contribute to the business
– some Sylvester Stallone movie
TheThirdShmenge on
Finally a policy that will benefit republicans. /s
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Great idea, considering some jobs don’t care if applicants have an engineering degree or art history degree.
A lot of College Requirements for entry level jobs are just a Legal way to drastically reduce the number of Minority applicants.
And then offer a path to get a college education paid for while working
Deregulate cannabis and federal jobs will have many more qualified applicants.
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This will be great for everyone. I always found it dumb that I was more than qualified to work in federal contracts but not as an “employee” because I didn’t have a degree.
Now they need to increase employee pay so they make as much or more than the contractors.
Prepare yourselves for government communication to worsen even further. Regardless of the University degree, 4 year college graduates all have solid written and verbal communication skills…this is why I ended my experiment with non-college hires for non-labor skilled positions.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/14/harris-college-requirement-jobs/75226318007/) reduced by 85%. (I’m a bot)
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> Vice President Kamala Harris said she will cut college degree requirements for certain federal jobs if elected president as the Democratic presidential candidate and her Republican rival woo veters with economic pledges.
> "As president, I will get rid of the unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs to increase jobs for folks without a four-year degree," Harris on Friday in her speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
> A degree does not necessarily indicate a person's skills, Harris said.
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How about…
Kick private equity out of healthcare & housing
Work to raise the minimum wage
Ban any corporate tax breaks from being used for stock buy backs
Cap medical insurance profits… essentially, regulate them like a utility… like other types of insurance (institute an insurance tsar)
Free (federally sponsored) junior college & trade schools
Caps on higher education tuition fees, tied to average earnings of program graduates (no, $200K art degrees)
Make federal student loans intentionally low interest (building an educated and capable workforce is an economic engine and in the national interest). And make loan repayments (and certainly interest on payments) tax deductible. Treat it like a “training” (personal) business expense… because that’s what it is.
The problem with federal jobs is they’ve lost their stability. Republicans regulatory shut down the government and threaten to fire large numbers of employees. With lack of stability the applicant pool becomes much smaller.
This hasn’t proven to be effective in private industry.
They should also make them 90% easier to apply for
wonder if she was influenced by walz. walz did the same in minnesota for state government jobs.
love it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/10/30/minnesota-latest-state-to-drop-college-degree-requirement-for-many-jobs/
Finally. I Iive in a town that is obsessed with college degrees. It’s so hard to find work here without one. I ended up getting a remote job based in another state bc companies here said I was unqualified. One of the biggest employers here is the government…. I’m currently a project manager but in my state I’m not even qualified to get an admin job at the government level. It’s absurd.
This is brilliant. It’s a form of discrimination that companies have used for a long time, as a way to avoid hiring people of color and women, legally.
I would want more details on this. There are already plenty of federal jobs that do not require a degree. The ones that typically require education are professional in nature, like accounting, engineering, architecture, biological or physical sciences, or allied health, where it would be difficult to perform the duties of the position without some kind of higher education. General office work doesn’t require a college degree, although often you can substitute education for experience. The qualification standards for each job series are on the OPM website, and some series that require education have alternative pathways for meeting the requirement with experience or a combination of education and experience.
The series I’m in does not require a degree, but those who have one tend to have an easier time with the writing and reading comprehension requirements.
This could potentially be the start of higher education bubble burst
people with degrees are unemployed right now. On page 2 of government statics 202X, unemployed without degrees XY% just sound better than unemployed graduates
Glad she’s not elitist. I think this is good thing
First stupid thing. Devaluing college degrees isn’t the way to boost those who didn’t go to college up
Meanwhile, Trump says that people with cancer are responsible for all drug crime and promises to send them to the moon whether elected or not. Same same.
Good, college prices will only come down when college is no longer a “requirement.”
It’s a great idea.
Breaking News! Kamala Harris hiring ILLEGALS with no education!!! /s
Maybe go the other way and make college eduction free… less educated people doesn’t seem to the answer to todays issues.
I’ve been employed with the federal civil sector for 8 years. I got my start with the recent graduates hiring authority and got a GS-7 job which is considered entry level.
Since then, I’ve worked jobs that were GS 7 to 10 and I’ve never used my degree once.
I’m confident I could teach most anyone the jobs I did along the way as long as they are willing to learn and put in their best effort. No 2 year or 4 year degree needed.
This is an excellent move because federal jobs provide great benefits and a pension, something under-heard of these days.
Applicable for most jobs (except medical & engineering)- The whole point of a college degree is to show a potential employer that you showed up someplace four years in a row, completed a series of tasks reasonably well and on time. So if they hire you, there’s a semi-decent chance that you’ll show up there every day and contribute to the business
– some Sylvester Stallone movie
Finally a policy that will benefit republicans. /s
Just fix the hiring process ffs
Millions of college graduates agree with this. 👍