After the interview, my friend conferred with his colleagues and they agreed that he had gone too far with his questions. They also decided to employ the young man. He performed well, but in less than a year he had decided to resign -- because the chief of his department was only a junior college graduate, although they were both about the same age. The chief, however, had joined the company four years earlier. Other managers tried to talk the young man into changing his mind. The youngster, however, left the company to study abroad, a move financed by his parents.
It is not surprising that many youngsters in Taiwanese society are still sitting on the fence after graduating from college, looking for their "ideal jobs." Parasite singles may soon emerge in Taiwan as well. How should we react to the advent of this new generation?
Sun Piing-yann is a professor in the department of cooperative economics at National Taipei University.
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