Talk of the day -- Talent recruitment and job market
2010/07/05 12:09:24 |
In the face of strong efforts by Singapore, HongKong and China to lure top-notch Taiwanese academics, the NationalScience Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Education have jointlyraised a special fund of NT$1.1 billion (US$34.38 million) torecruit and retain talented scholars.
The "flexible salary" scheme reportedly will be implemented in August to recruit outstanding scholarsfrom abroad and retain those at home.
President Ma Ying-jeou is also expected to reaffirm thegovernment's commitment to developing human resources, during hisaddress Monday at the opening an annual Academia Sinica meeting.
The following are excerpts from the local media coverage of theissue:
China Times:
The "flexible salary" project was crafted after Academia SinicaPresident Chi-Huey Wong and his deputy Liu Chao-han, Academia Sinicaacademician C.Y. Cyrus Chu and National Taiwan University (NTU)President Lee Si-chen filed a joint appeal with the PresidentialOffice and the Executive Yuan urging the government to pay attentionto the growing problem of brain drain in the country.
The proposed salary scheme will be discussed Tuesday at anAcademia Sinica meeting. If all goes well, the new pay scale will beimplemented next month on an experimental basis.
According to initial NSC statistics, the teaching staff atNational Taiwan University will be the main beneficiaries of theproject, getting a total of about NT$156 million in salary increases.
Wong said he will be pleased to see the implementation of theproject, but added that low salaries are not the only obstacle torecruiting talent.
"It is equally important to have a good research environment, "Wong said.
However the biggest problem is Taiwan's system of usingseniority, rather than the quality research and teaching, todetermine pay, he said
It should be the other way around, he suggested. (July 5, 2010).
Commercial Times:
Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan's high-tech hub, is scheduled tohold a job fair July 10, with 48 companies in the park seeking torecruit about 10,000 employees.
It will be second such event at the park this year. The park'sadministration said the work force has been growing again since thesecond half of last year as the global economy has been graduallyregaining momentum.
The number of employees at the park now stands at an all-timehigh of 137,000, exceeding the number recorded before the 2008-2009global economic recession, the park administration said.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) , the world'slargest contract chip foundry, alone will recruit 4,750 employeesthis time around, according to the administration.
Meanwhile, head hunting agencies said a cross-Taiwan Straitmanpower common market is taking shape following the recent signingof the landmark economic cooperation framework (ECFA) and as resultof the expanding direct flight services between Taiwan and China.
Statistics compiled by major local job banks show that China hasoffered 10,000-plus vacancies for Taiwanese job seekers, which marksan average 35 percent growth from last year.
Job bank managers further said that China's informationtechnology sector and its manufacturing industry are the main headhunters and are expected to benefit the most from the ECFA (July 5,2010).Liberty Times:
With the global economy recovering from its year-long recession,major countries around the world have gradually ended theirstimulative policy measures adopted during the crisis period.Taiwan's government, however, has continued to increase hiring ofshort-term workers, a move critics said aims to drive down thedomestic unemployment rate.
Since March, the government has continued to hire more short-termworkers, according to figures released by the Directorate General ofBudget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) . The number of publicsector employees increased 6,000 in March, 7,000 in April and 5,000in May, respectively. At present, the government's total work forcestands at 1.049 million, up 90,000 from the pre-recession level.
Taiwan's unemployment rate reached a record high of 6.13 percentlast August, but declined to a 17-month low of 5.14 percent in Maythis year. DGBAS officials said if the new government hirings wereexcluded, the jobless rate could hit 5.55 percent in May.
Premier Wu Den-yih said previously that if the unempoyment ratedoes not fall below 5 percent by the end of this year, he willresign. (July 5, 2010).
(By Sofia Wu)
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