Education advancing job

An Education advancing job, or EAJ is a concept that was created by some American STEM companies in the 2020s. EAJs were adopted into certain fields of US government jobs, and then the idea spread around the world. Employees with EAJs are hired to work a certain percentage of their hours, and then will get free university training in a particular field for the remaining hours in their workweek. This allows them to learn more specialized knowledge so they can advance to fill positions requiring training and experience that few people have. It was considered as a necessary change in the corporate world, because unskilled and partially skilled jobs were being supplanted by technology, and highly skilled jobs were becoming more essential to society.

Advantages
EAJs are commonly advertised as being a way to gain a steady job in the face of a rapidly changing economy, and a way to be stabilized within one company. As the jobs that were necessary to society became complex scientific, techological, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) positions that few people could do, many unskilled laborers were out of work. To advance society and the economy, more skilled workers were needed.