Electronics companies at Hsinchu Science Park will recruit 10,000 new employees to meet recovering global demand for high-tech products, the science park administration said yesterday.
The science park, which houses many Taiwanese heavyweights, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電) — the world’s two largest contract chipmakers — has scheduled a job fair on July 10 to recruit potential hires.
A total of 48 high-tech firms from the science park will meet jobseekers at the exhibition, the science park administration said.
“Many high-tech companies in the science park are eager to hire new people. Apart from the planned exhibition, they are also recruiting employees on campuses,” a park administration spokesman said.
In March, the park administration held its first recruitment exhibition of this year, in which 38 high-tech firms had 4,700 jobs available.
PRODUCT DEMAND
“The scale of the July recruitment is larger than that of the March one, which is evidence that global demand for high-tech products is increasing significantly,” the spokesman said.
He said that currently, the number of employees hired by the firms in the science park is at a record high of 137,000.
Among the firms at the upcoming exhibition, TSMC will be trying to recruit 4,750 new employees and UMC will be looking for 600 newcomers, while flat-panel makers AU Optronics Corp (AUO, 友達) and Chimei Innolux Corp (奇美電子) will be seeking to hire 350 and 1,000 people, respectively, the park administration said.
Lextar Electronics Corp (隆達電子), an LED manufacturing arm of AUO, will also be offering 610 jobs, it said.
Integrated circuit packaging service provider Siliconware Precision Industries Co (矽品精密), memory chip maker Powerchip Technology Corp (力晶科技), ROM product supplier Macronix International Co (旺宏電子) and LED firm Opto Tech Corp (光磊科技) will also take part in the exhibition.
As a result of the global financial meltdown, about 20,000 employees of high-tech companies in the science park were put on unpaid leave early last year.
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