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Trump Signs Executive Order Refocusing Federal Hiring on Skills Over Degrees

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Trump Signs Executive Order Refocusing Federal Hiring on Skills Over Degrees
President Donald Trump holds an executive order on "Continuing the President's National Council for the American Worker and the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 26, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
By Tom Ozimek
6/26/2020Updated: 6/27/2020

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that directs the federal government to “open the playing field to all” by giving higher priority to a job applicant’s skills than merely having a formal qualification.

Trump signed the order following a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.

Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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