About this episode

The episode discusses a new bipartisan bill aimed at promoting skills-based federal hiring by easing college degree requirements for many federal jobs.

A move toward skills-based federal hiring is getting another push from Congress. A new bipartisan bill would push agencies to ease college degree requirements for many federal jobs. Agencies would have to consider alternative job qualifications like military service, apprenticeships and community college. If enacted, the bill would also create a separate USAJobs portal for positions not requiring a four-year college degree.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• federal hiring
• skills-based hiring
• bipartisan legislation
• job qualifications
• college degree requirements

Keywords

• federal hiring
• skills-based
• Congress
• bipartisan bill
• USAJobs
• job qualifications
• military service
• apprenticeships
• community college

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congress, USAJobs, Federal News Network

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