Ten important “hard things” that will put America back to work. But my favorite is #3:

Shift to Skills-based Hiring: Clear the path for employers to utilize assessments – and supplant degree and pedigree-based hiring – by shifting the burden to EEOC to prove adverse impact. https://twitter.com/ryancraigap/status/1263826113345671168

More on this: "adverse impact" regulation prohibits hiring practices that "adversely impact" protected classes (i.e. lead to lower rate of hiring, etc.), where that process is not the ONLY good way to figure out who can do a job well. https://blog.careerminds.com/adverse-impact 

Sound like a good idea? Problem: lots of predictive assessments have adverse impact, because today's pipeline from pre-K to degrees and jobs is broken. This means many "good" skill tests - which elevate non-traditional candidates without flashy resumes - create risk for employers

So what happens if companies don't use assessments? They use proxies for skill - like degrees - which are worse at predicting ability, AND more unfavorable to non-traditional talent, but AREN'T as regulated. Result: inefficient but legal hiring, for worse but "traditional" talent

We need to make it easier for companies to use GOOD assessments that enable non-traditional talent to prove their abilities and land jobs their "resumes" wouldn't predict. We still need to regulate adverse impact. But we need to do it better. And that's what Ryan's proposing.