Why do colleges and universities recruit doctoral students to be under 40 years old in general? Detailed explanation of Gansu Human Resources and Social Security Department
"You may have started to find it hard to find a job after 80s?" For a long time, the age limit for recruitment has attracted much attention.
Recently, in response to related questions from netizens, the Gansu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security explained in detail why the recruitment of colleges and universities restricts the age of previous Ph.D. graduates to 40 years old and the age of fresh graduates is not limited.
Not long ago, a netizen asked via the message board of the leaders of People's Daily that Lanzhou College of Arts and Sciences recruited Ph.Ds. It was stipulated that the age of previous Ph.Ds should not exceed 40, and the age of new students is unlimited.
Previously, recruitment in other colleges and universities in the province also had this age requirement. What is the policy basis for this requirement?
In recent years, the talent introduction in Gansu has been very unsatisfactory, but the phenomenon of brain drain has been very prominent. I hope that the government can introduce talents to be eclectic and not to engage in so many rules and regulations.
According to the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Gansu Province, it is relatively late to fully implement the public recruitment system for public institutions. Prior to 2011, it has been recruiting public staff according to the age conditions set by the recruitment of civil servants. Later, it will strictly follow the national and provincial government's public recruitment. The relevant provisions of the policy, comprehensively promote the reform requirements of "decentralization, management and service", implement the autonomy of employers, and the public recruitment plan of provincial public institutions shall be set independently by employers according to job requirements, including recruitment age conditions and calculation deadlines The time is generally determined according to the age of no more than 30 for undergraduates and below, 35 for masters, and 40 for doctors. There are four reasons for setting recruitment conditions in this way:
First, in view of the industry characteristics and personalized selection needs of public institutions, considering the time span required for the applicant’s learning experience (most PhD graduates are under the age of 35), the concept of first employment and then career selection has entered a stable period (5 years) About time).
The second is to adhere to the requirements of the party and the state for a younger cadre team, and optimize the educational background and age hierarchy of the staff of public institutions, which is more conducive to promoting the development of the cause.
The third is that public institutions have a comprehensive consideration of the age of the introduced talents, the output of the results, and the service unit time.
The fourth is to consider effectively linking up with the pension insurance policy, so that the staff of public institutions can receive pension insurance benefits normally when they retire, especially the 55-year-old retirement age for women and the minimum 15-year contribution period. It is scientific to set the condition that the doctorate does not exceed 40 years old. Reasonably, avoid unnecessary personnel disputes after employment.
The Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Gansu Province also introduced that in order to broaden the scope of talent selection in public institutions and the employment channels for candidates, the province has formulated and promulgated the "Regarding Further Improvement of Career Opinions on Personnel Management and Service Work of Units (Gan Ren She Tong [2014] No. 314), it is clear that high-level and urgently needed talents can appropriately relax the age conditions. In principle, men should not be over 50 years old, and women should not be over 45 years old.
"Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Introduction of High-level Talents from Provincial Universities and Scientific Research Institutions" (Ganzutongzi (2019) No. 22), clarifying that provincial universities and scientific research institutes can introduce from state-owned enterprises under the age of 50 , There is an urgent need for talents with professional and technical positions above the vice-high.
The reply also stated that the public recruitment of institutions in Gansu Province adheres to the combination of the government's macro management and the implementation of unit employment autonomy, unified standardization, classification guidance, and hierarchical management, and high-level talents directly from the province (doctorate students and personnel with associate senior and above qualifications) Implementation of recruitment results filing system and commitment system.
The recruitment unit independently formulates the recruitment plan and recruitment plan, independently organizes the implementation and determines the recruiters, and the comprehensive personnel management department of the institution is responsible for the record of the recruitment results.
In the process of filing, we always insist on discussing each matter and handling special matters. We fully support and provide good services for all the procedures that reflect the principles of openness, fairness and justice, meet the needs of the unit’s employment and are conducive to career development. .
It is recommended that netizens fully communicate with their favorite institutions based on their actual situation, take the initiative to introduce their professional expertise, show their talents and abilities, and apply for a satisfactory position as soon as possible.
We will gather talents from all over the world and use them with a sharper vision, a broader vision, and a more open concept.
The Paper noted that earlier, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security also replied to netizens’ messages about “the age limit for post-doctoral positions”.
This netizen from the Chinese government website pointed out that there are currently strict age restrictions for postdoctoral recruitment in universities and research institutes, as well as for teachers and scientific research positions. However, many post-doctorate graduates are not young and want to continue to engage in postdoctoral research or change after working for a period of time. It is often impossible to achieve a job due to age restrictions.
In response, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that my country’s post-doctoral system was established in 1985 to train more outstanding young talents who have recently obtained doctoral degrees.
According to this work positioning, the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Reforming and Improving the Postdoctoral System" (Guobanfa [2015] No. 87) stipulates that "postdoctoral applicants should generally be newly graduated doctoral graduates and should be under 35 years old. Those who apply for entry into corporate post-doctoral research stations or humanities and social sciences, or post-doctoral research mobile stations in the natural sciences where there is a shortage of talents and a weak foundation, may appropriately relax the entry conditions.” In order to implement the autonomy of employers, the recruitment of post-doctoral personnel is specifically determined by the employer. The unit organizes itself within the scope permitted by the policy according to the needs of the work.
The Paper Journalist Zhong Yuhao