Should the age limit for civil service examinations The
representative suggested that the "35-year-old phenomenon" was discussed
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Standing at the 35-year-old threshold, facing the choice of switching career development tracks, do you take the initiative to take a step forward or passively fall into a deadlock?
During the two sessions this year, Jiang Shengnan, a representative of the National People's Congress and a researcher at the School of Humanities of Wenzhou University, proposed to abolish the age limit for national civil servants under 35 years of age, which aroused the attention and discussion of the "35-year-old job search crisis" among netizens.
Jiang Shengnan's suggestion points to Article 18 of the current civil servant recruitment regulations: applicants for civil servants should have the qualifications of "18 years of age or older and 35 years of age or less".
"Don't say 35 years old, I was already anxious when I was just 30 years old. The age limit is really terrible." "Not just civil servants. Many jobs are now rejecting job applicants over 35 years old. It's embarrassing to find a job." "The child is big, it's okay. It’s the time to return to the workplace to show off.”... The mothers who are eager to return to the workplace and those who are worried about being “involved” in the workplace are talking about the workplace anxiety caused by age.
Sangsukelai, an expert who has long studied the recording of civil service examinations, believes that this topic of recruitment, triggered by the age limit for civil servants, has attracted widespread attention because it has captured the social pain points of the difficulties of older youths in obtaining employment.
Why is 35 years of age a threshold for the recruitment of civil servants
Looking at the topic comment area, it is not difficult to find that many netizens support the suggestion of Jiang Shengnan.
Jiang Shengnan believes that the removal of the age limit for national civil servants will help revitalize the work enthusiasm of the 35 to 50-year-old working population and cope with the aging society that my country is about to enter.
From the perspective of the entire job market, Sang Zhulai recognized the positive significance of this proposal.
He believes that lowering the age threshold of the civil service industry is conducive to driving and affecting other industries, thereby activating the entire labor market.
If it has positive significance, can the age threshold for applying for civil servants be completely abolished?
Some experts said that it is necessary to comprehensively consider and explore.
"The age of applying for civil servants cannot be more than 35 years old, because the public examination only selects chief staff and below, while those above the deputy department are resolved through communication, selection, and internal promotion." Sangsuke believes that whether it is for Promoting youth self-training and growth is still based on the consideration of system talent training, and it is reasonable to limit the age for examination and admission.
Sang Zhulai suggested that if the age limit for civil servants is relaxed, it should be implemented in conjunction with the expansion of civil servants' ranks and levels, and considered as a whole.
"For example, increase the rank of applicants from below the chief staff member to below the second-level investigator, or open the corresponding positions for some technical positions."
Jiang Yaodong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former vice president of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), believes that there are many factors that determine the age limit for civil servants.
Such as personal energy.
Jiang Yaodong, who is over 60 years old, ridiculed that his energy is not as good as before. “It’s okay to stay up all night before the age of 30. If you are over 30, you can’t stand it if you don’t sleep overnight.” He believes that “government departments need to inject fresh energy to protect the team Sustainable development."
Jiang Yaodong is also worried about the rising "public exam fever": "If there is no age limit, there will be more applicants, resulting in a lower admission rate, which will cause a lot of social conflicts."
Lei Mingqiang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Dean of the Hunan Provincial Institute of Socialism, suggested that, while maintaining the overall stability of the current policy, pilots can be conducted in some regions and positions, and special channels should be opened outside the unified examination to allow older people. Candidates apply for the exam.
He also suggested to increase the proportion of the assessment of the comprehensive ability and quality of the corresponding candidates.
"Savvy managers will not set age limits"
Jiang Shengnan said in an interview with the media that the "35-year-old crisis" is an unreasonable restriction on corporate recruitment.
"The 35-year-old is in the midst of getting rich and powerful. After several years of polishing, they are at a mature stage in terms of work, business, and sophistication." These words expressed the aspirations of some netizens.
"From an objective point of view, the '35-year-old phenomenon' does exist. You can see that there is a 35-year-old age limit when applying for a job. If you exceed this age, there will be discrimination and prejudice." Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences World Social Security Zheng Bingwen, director of the research center, explained.
He also believes that this is also the result of market choice.
Zheng Bingwen believes that it is necessary to promote enterprises to actively fulfill their social responsibilities and try to avoid the "35-year-old phenomenon."
How to avoid it?
Hu Xianzhong, a researcher at the China Youth Research Center, gave three words: "Be tolerant."
He said that starting from the corporate and social levels, the construction of a modern society requires more inclusive concepts.
An enterprise is an important supporter of the national economy, and it should also be a bearer of social responsibilities and a disseminator of social civilization.
The pursuit of economic benefits and the assumption of social responsibilities are not contradictory, but should complement each other.
Hu Xianzhong believes that savvy corporate management will not regard age as a condition for employment. The key is to look at the needs of the job and "do not stick to one pattern to reduce talent."
The more important the position, the wider the age limit for job applicants.
"In a certain sense, with the continuous construction of modern society, its tolerance will become stronger and stronger. Everyone should be the facilitator of modern society, not bystanders, or even cynics." Hu Xianzhong proposed to tolerate young people The diversified characteristics and diversified choices of the people, respect their pursuit of value and labor, and jointly create a social atmosphere conducive to the healthy growth of youth.
Zheng Bingwen believes that delaying retirement can reduce employment pressure and help young people open up more opportunities for employment.
After the statutory retirement age is moved up, the median age of the employed group will increase accordingly.
He mentioned a set of statistics: In the early 1950s of the founding of New China, the median age of the population in my country was only 23.9 years old, but in 2020 it will increase to 38.4 years old, and it is expected to be as high as 45.0 years old by 2035.
In the same way, after raising the statutory retirement age, the median age of the employed group will also increase.
This year's two sessions, the government work report proposed that "the average life expectancy will be increased by one more year."
Zheng Bingwen believes that delaying the retirement age has no negative impact on youth employment, but has some positive significance.
He concluded: "The increase in the average life expectancy will increase the median age of the country’s population accordingly; after the legal retirement age increases, the median age of the employed group will also increase, which results in the 35-year-old age limit. Employment pressure has the effect of reducing employment and can promote employment for more people after the age of 35."
Netizens discuss
@潘高: It is recommended to abolish the limit on freshmen (shangshou).
We worked hard to study, but we were passed (eliminated) by the recruiting unit "graduate students".
@Waiting to fight: break the 35-year-old limit and appropriately extend it to 40 years old.
@Winyetutu: Not only civil servants, but also public institution examinations should also relax their age restrictions. After all, retirement will be delayed in the future.
@tanh: Not recommended. Civil servants at the grass-roots level should be recruited from young people. They are old fritters when they are old, and the purity of the team cannot be guaranteed.
Senior talent would have been extended to 40 years old.
@好好宠: To prevent some people who do not contribute to the country but want to eat the national dividend from mixing into the civil servants, the purpose of some civil servants is nothing more than the stability and good treatment of civil servants.
@坚毅: There is no age limit in universities, why do civil servants have?
Some jobs are more suitable for people with rich life experience. It is recommended to pay pensions according to the working years.
@春暖花开: Don't have obvious discrimination, can't the experience accumulated by corporate personnel drive government departments to operate better?
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Liu Shangjun and Li Huaxi Source: China Youth Daily