Focus: High speed rail to change face of nation's job market

Chi Mei Optoelectronics is expected to hire between 5,000 and 5,500 staff for its new assembly line in the park, said Lu Kuan-pan (呂冠磐), deputy director of the company's Optoelectronics' administrative office, who also attended the job bank's press briefing on Tuesday.

People seeking high-end positions will be more willing to work further from home, the job bank's Wu said, adding that companies located in the south have to hike salaries in order to hire qualified high-ranking executives.

In addition, people who grew up in southern cities, could go back to their home towns looking for jobs as they would have more time to spend with their families, Wu added.

Currently, half of the employees working in companies located in northern Taiwan come from the south, the job bank said.