{"id":16366,"date":"2020-09-28T19:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/28\/more-than-a-quarter-of-federal-jobs-require-a-degree\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:05","slug":"more-than-a-quarter-of-federal-jobs-require-a-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/2020\/09\/28\/more-than-a-quarter-of-federal-jobs-require-a-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a quarter of federal jobs require a degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would adjust the federal hiring process<\/a> to allow assessments to take the place of educational requirements for many federal jobs, but some positions still mandate a certain degree or certification for applicants to be considered qualified to take the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a memo sent by acting Office of Personnel Management Director Michael Rigas to agency chief human capital officers, nearly 600,000, or 27.5 percent, of current federal employees are classified under jobs that have a positive education requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a requirement, according to an Army human resources fact sheet, is a \u201cdetermination by the Office of Personnel Management that the duties of a position cannot be performed by an individual who does not have the prescribed minimum education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t