The number of job openings in Taiwan reached 248,000 at the end of August, rising by 6,200 from three months earlier and up by 3,700 from a year earlier, as the issue of mismatching deteriorates and the society ages, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.
The latest number suggested an overall job vacancy rate of 2.84 percent, the highest for the same period in three years, with rates in different sectors varying but being consistent with their seasonal business demand, the agency said.
In the manufacturing sector, the number of job openings stood at 87,000, or 35.3 percent of the total, with a job vacancy rate of 2.97 percent, the DGBAS said, adding that manufacturers have the worst workforce shortages, and their payroll is most susceptible to the technology product cycle.
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Electronics firms contributed 19,000 vacant positions, while computer and optical goods producers saw job openings rise by 10,341, and electricity and gas suppliers had 1,822 job openings, it said.
Meanwhile, the number of job openings amounted to 39,684 at wholesales and logistics firms, and 20,741 at restaurants and hotels, it said.
Human resource firms have advised local tech firms to recruit workers from abroad, as Taiwan is aging rapidly and local people in need of work do not have the required skills, while the online 104 Job Bank (104人力銀行) projected job openings of more than 1 million, mostly at relatively low-paid service facilities.
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