Uni-President Enterprises Corp (統一企業), the nation’s largest food manufacturer, has become the favorite enterprise among young jobseekers this year, edging out last year’s top-place Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), survey results showed yesterday.
The Chinese-language Cheers Magazine survey, which polled 2,834 new graduates from universities and graduate schools nationwide, said that it was the first time in five years that the technology sector had not topped the list.
“With local food service industries expanding into the Chinese market, the increasing number of overseas jobs has drawn the attention of jobseekers,” the magazine said of the survey, which was conducted from Jan. 5 to March 5.
Another reason the technology sector has lost popularity with young adults was the perceived stability of corporate management has become a more important factor than high salaries and stock options when it comes to picking an employer, the survey said.
Lio Mon-chi (劉孟奇), associate professor of economics at National Sun Yat-sen University, said in the report on the survey that civil service jobs were no longer seen as the safest career option, partly due to the record low pass rate on national examinations.
Eslite Corp (誠品) placed second in the survey, up one notch from last year, while President Starbucks Coffee Corp (統一星巴克) climbed four places to third.
A separate survey, conducted by the magazine between Jan. 14 and Feb. 6, found that graduates of National Cheng Kung University were still the favorite of local service and manufacturing industries, outstripping National Taiwan University.
More than 70 percent of businesses polled said that a strong willingness to learn and trainability were the capabilities they valued most when recruiting new employees, followed by the ability to work under pressure and expertise.
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