Amid a domestic economic recovery, five state-owned banks will recruit a total of 446 clerks this year, financial sources said yesterday.
Bank of Taiwan (台灣銀行), Taiwan Cooperative Bank (合作 金庫), Land Bank of Taiwan (土地 銀行), Central Trust of China (中央信託局) and the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China (中國輸出入銀行) have commissioned the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (TABF, 台灣金融研訓院) to handle a joint examination for hopefuls, the sources said.
"This marks the first time in nearly a decade that the five state-owned banks have held such a large-scale employee recruitment drive," a TABF executive said.
As of Saturday, about 30,000 hopefuls had registered for the exam. The registration deadline is Friday. Applicants must be under 28 years of age and have at least a senior-high school diploma to qualify.
Land Bank and Taiwan Cooperative Bank will each recruit 150 new clerks; Bank of Taiwan will wants 120 clerks and Central Trust of China is seeking 25 clerks. The Export-Import Bank will only recruit one.
All but the Export-Import Bank will be privatized soon. Taiwan Cooperative Bank will complete its privatization process by the end of this year, while the other three will be privatized by the end of 2006.
In order to retain their civil service status, many of the banks' employees have transferred to other government agencies, thus opening up jobs, sources said.
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