On Monday, January 8th, I will be hosting a panel discussion at Harper College at 1:00 pm on fighting hiring discrimination against people without four-year degrees who are still otherwise qualified for the job. We need to ensure that workers skilled through training and experience, rather than a bachelor's degree, receive fair consideration in hiring. While automation and other technical advances in hiring have made application screening easier for employers, they have also significantly contributed to the trend of unfairly discriminating against those without four-year degrees by requiring degrees for jobs that previously did not demand them.
To address this problem, I partnered with Republican Congressman John James in October to introduce the Opportunity to Compete Act, bipartisan legislation that would open the door for qualified workers without a bachelor’s degree, who have acquired relevant skills through other means such as apprenticeships and previous job experience.
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