The new mayor campaigned on a promise to create economic opportunities in America’s poorest large city.
Cherelle L. Parker is sworn as the Philadelphia's 100th mayor on Tuesday, January 2, 2023. Parker plans to sign a series of executive orders this afternoon.signed an executive order Tuesday that is aimed at removing college degree requirements for certain city jobs as part of a broader effort to diversify the city workforce.
“We will continue to remove college degree requirements for many city of Philadelphia jobs where it is unnecessary and spread the word about current job opportunities in city government — opening the door for more Philadelphians to access good-paying jobs,” Parker said in herParker said at the signing that the executive order was just a first step toward changing city workforce rules.
Tuesday’s order requires the chief administrative officer and Office of Human Resources to identify positions that could have alternative qualifications for applicants. Any changes to union jobs will have to be approved by the Civil Service Commission.Parker gave a shoutout to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who got rid of four-year degree requirements for thousands of state jobs in 2022 before Colorado and Utah followed suit.
Back then, reform meant moving away from more subjective methods of evaluating applicants that lent themselves to favoritism. Today, however, requirements such as written exams and degree credentials are seen as impediments to diversity because they exclude people who had limited educational opportunities.
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