Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is first-time jobseekers’ top pick for local companies, according to the latest survey released by 104 Job Bank (104人力銀行) yesterday.
Google Taiwan was the runner-up and Hon Hai Group (鴻海集團) took the third place in the online manpower agency’s survey.
LARGE SCALE
The job bank said that first-time jobseekers and newcomers to the labor market — those who have been working for less than two years — are growing increasingly interested in working for larger-scale companies.
In addition, companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and the over-the-counter GRETAI Securities Market draw more attention from jobseekers, the job bank said in a report.
The survey also found that Eslite Spectrum Corp (誠品生活), Formosa Plastics Group (台塑集團) and the Landis Taipei Hotel Co Ltd (亞都麗緻大飯店) are the most favored companies in their respective sectors, with the number of resumes received standing at double the industry average.
Restaurant operator Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) and e-commerce retailer Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba Inc (台灣樂天) are the only two unlisted companies on the job bank’s top 10 list.
TRANSPARENCY
According to 104 Job Bank senior vice president Hung Kuang-Li (洪廣禮), large companies or listed firms are attractive because they need to comply with financial transparency and other regulations, while their employee welfare and bonus programs are also better than some of their unlisted peers’.
Meanwhile, first-time jobseekers this year may find it easier to land a job amid the economic recovery, the job bank said.
Based on the online agency’s latest data, the number of job openings — including full-time, part-time and dispatched job openings — totaled 530,000 this month, up 18 percent from the same period last year.
About 260,000 first-time jobseekers have found jobs, showing an increase of 20 percent year-on-year, the data showed.
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