credentialism

(noun)

The common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or assigning social status.

Related Terms

  • society
  • credential inflation
  • The Credential Society

Examples of credentialism in the following topics:

  • The Credentialized Society

    • Credentialism refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or assigning social status.
    • Credentialism refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or assigning social status.
    • Employers also commonly use credentials.
    • Over time, credentials may lose value, especially as more and more people earn that credential.
    • This process is referred to as credential inflation.
  • Introduction to deviance

    • Other examples include white hip-hop acts like Eminem and Nu-Metal bands like Limp Bizkit that mimic lower or middle class people in order to use their socioeconomic credentials for profit, despite their true socioeconomic status.
  • Teachers: Employees and Instructors

    • In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college.
  • Child Care

    • Often the nationally recognized Child Development Associate credential is the minimum standard for the individual leading this home care program.
  • Bachelor's Degree Occupations

    • This would give you the credentials that hiring departments in the business world are looking for while simultaneously allowing you to focus on Sociology.
  • The Church-Sect Typology

    • employ professional, full-time clergy who possess the appropriate credentials of education and formal ordination
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