There’s a growing movement to increase competency and skills-based education and hiring practices in both the public and private sectors.

For example, the Executive Order on Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates calls on the federal government to “ensure that the individuals most capable of performing the roles and responsibilities required of a specific position are those hired for that position.” This results in “merit-based reforms that will replace degree-based hiring with skills—and competency-based hiring.”

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