Papers at the Gate

Ren runs up: eighty-five percent of growing jobs want papers, McKinsey's partners say, the most common hurdle for the eleven million who must change occupations. Granny Ume: thirty-eight percent of those by law, forty-seven by employers' custom. Mio: can they do the work? Granny: an administrative assistant already does fifty-eight percent of a project manager's job; custom is easier to change than law. Poko: Poko has no papers.

The most common hurdle for the 11 million Americans McKinsey says must change occupations is paperwork: credentials are required in 85% of growing jobs, and while 38% of those are set by law, 47% are only employer preferences for a degree, certificate or title, a hiring convention the firm's partners say is easier to change than a law; an administrative assistant already does about 58% of a project manager's work, but the postings want a bachelor's degree and a certification.

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