Why should the recruitment of civil servants break through the age limit of 35?

Three years after the epidemic, all walks of life are dying, which brings employment pressure and anxiety. Needless to say, it is conceivable.

The "35-year-old ceiling" for civil servants and the "35-year-old ceiling" established in the job market have finally broken the ice.

At present, nearly 30 provinces across the country have started the recruitment of civil servants in 2023. In many provinces, the enrollment expansion of civil servants this year exceeded 50% year-on-year. In addition, due to the age threshold of "35 years old and below" for civil servants, about 10 provinces have adjusted the age of some positions to below 40 this year.

In the workplace of China, the recruitment standards of civil servants have important weathervane significance, which can be described as flag-raising orientation. Although there are still many restrictions, this year, civil servants in many provinces took the initiative to relax the age limit, which undoubtedly released a strong positive signal.

According to the recruitment standards published by various provinces, the posts that break the age limit of 35 are mainly the 2023 master's and doctoral students for non-working people, and some specific posts, the Beijing News reported. It can be seen that the breakthrough of age limit in these local public examinations is not achieved in one step, and the direct beneficiaries may not be as many as expected. But as a new breakthrough, its significance and value are worthy of recognition, which are reflected in the following aspects.

First, the labor resources in China have changed objectively in recent years. With the deepening of social aging and the possible delay of retirement, the working hours of the working population will generally be extended, so sticking to the original age limit is tantamount to limiting the employment space of a large number of people in advance, which is somewhat inappropriate. In addition, the average length of education of the working-age population in China has been extended from 7.5 years of 20 1 1 to 202 1 10.9 years. If "under 35 years old" is still regarded as a hard lever in employment recruitment, it will greatly shorten the "golden period" of employment for members of society. This will not only threaten employment equity, but also easily lead to the waste of social human resources. Therefore, gradually and orderly relaxing the age limit for recruiting civil servants is actually an adaptation to the changes in social labor resources.

Secondly, weakening the age limit in the recruitment of civil servants has irreplaceable demonstration value for breaking the age discrimination phenomenon in the job market and increasing employment fairness. Breaking the routine can open more employment space for more people and break the artificial fetters of employment, thus alleviating the employment pressure and anxiety of society.

Third, this breakthrough is not only reflected in the weakening of the age limit, but also an important step to break the academic qualifications limit. For example, in many provinces, the number of jobs that are not limited to majors, academic qualifications and household registration has increased a lot. Some also explicitly request to increase the recruitment of technical and skilled personnel to provide equal competition opportunities for vocational college graduates. All these are very conducive to promoting the "separation of general education and vocational education" in middle schools and are effective incentives for the coordinated development of vocational education.

In short, in view of the changing trend of China's labor resources and the society's more expectations for employment equity, it is increasingly necessary to break through and optimize the recruitment standards of multi-provincial examinations in order to take the lead in eliminating age discrimination and academic discrimination in the job market. I hope that "breaking the ice" in many provinces this year is not an expedient measure, and the follow-up can really break the ice of the national examination and benefit more people.