Getting a professional title does not automatically mean a salary raise: first find out whether your employer uses a post-based quota system or if the title alone doesn’t guarantee a post or raise
Grade BSmall benefitMoneyFreeLittle timeNo willpower
A professional title is a basis for hiring, assessment, and promotion, but earning the title and being appointed to a post are two different things. Public institutions that use post management generally review within the post quota. Units that do not use post management can separate review from appointment; earning the title does not mean the unit will give the matching post and pay. After you change employer or locality, the title may need to be reviewed again or confirmed.
- Cost
- No cost at all. You only need to ask the HR department once.
- Benefit
- Article 2 of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Order No. 40 states that professional title evaluations are a key basis for hiring, assessing, and promoting technical professionals. A 2016 reform guideline specifies that public institutions using a post quota system should conduct evaluations within those limits. For organizations without such a system, as well as for widely applicable professional categories and emerging occupations, title evaluation and post assignment can be separated. When technical professionals transfer between regions or employers, their titles are re-evaluated or confirmed per relevant administrative authority, unless otherwise stipulated by national regulations (nationwide).
- Notes
- The evidence grade is set to B because the documents describe how title evaluation and post assignment relate to each other but provide no nationwide figures on how much salary rises after earning a title. What you can do: In public institutions and state-owned enterprises, ask HR about available post openings and hiring rules. In private companies, ask the owner or manager whether the title is recognized and if it brings any pay increase.
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- 人力资源和社会保障部令第 40 号 (2019). 职称评审管理暂行规定. gov.cn/gongbao/content/2019/content_5437137.htm：第二条、第二十九条；中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅 (2016). 关于深化职称制度改革的意见. gov.cn/gongbao/content/2017/content_5163445.htm：「对于全面实行岗位管理、专业技术人才学术技术水平与岗位职责密切相关的事业单位，一般应在岗位结构比例内开展职称评审。对于不实行岗位管理的单位，以及通用性强、广泛分布在各社会组织的职称系列和新兴职业，可采用评聘分开方式。」