Human Resources Services Workers

How to become a Careers Adviser

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 职业指导师

Also called: Disability Employment Adviser, Disability Vocational Assessor, Career Planner

Helps job seekers find work and plan their careers, and helps employers recruit properly and use staff well, through advice, guidance and career planning.

Main tasks

Explaining national labour and social security laws and policies and the state of the jobs market to workers and employers
Helping workers learn about different careers, learn how to look for work and decide on a career direction
Giving workers training information and guidance, and carrying out skills assessments and career planning
Giving students information about careers, helping them choose a career, and carrying out aptitude assessments and job guidance
Giving start up advice to self employed workers and people who want to start a private business
Guiding employers on choosing recruitment methods and setting clear requirements and standards for staff
Advising training providers on which training to offer and which courses to run
Giving employment help to people who struggle to find work and to households where nobody has a job, and specialist guidance to groups with particular employment needs

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Career Guidance and Services (590209). Vocational major 590209 Career Guidance and Services (职业指导与服务), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Career Planning Guidance; Human Resources Shared Services.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Human Resources Administration (790202). Vocational major 790202 Human Resources Administration (人力资源管理事务), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Digital Human Resource Management.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥49,600 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥36,500 to CN¥67,400. One in ten earn less than CN¥29,000 and one in ten more than CN¥96,600.
This is the figure for the mid group Leasing and Business Services Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥80,639 a year (2025), middle half CN¥59,735 to CN¥114,000.
This is the figure for the minor group Human Resources Services Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Leasing and Business Services Workers holds 0.92% of everyone employed in China; 29.3% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
37.1% are under 35, 43.5% are 35 to 54 and 19.4% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 40 to 44.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Careers Adviser?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Career Guidance and Services (590209); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Human Resources Administration (790202).

How much does a Careers Adviser earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥49,600 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Leasing and Business Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥80,639 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Careers Adviser?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026