TSMC launches large recruitment campaign to hire 8,000 in 2025

Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, said on Saturday that it is looking to hire 8,000 people in 2025 at a time when the tech giant is expanding production capacity to maintain its lead over competitors.

To attract talent, TSMC will launch a large-scale recruitment campaign on campuses around Taiwan, where a newly recruited engineer with a master's degree can expect to receive NT$2.2 million (US$60,912) in average annual wage, much higher than Taiwan's average income, which stood at NT$709,000 in 2023, according to government statistics.

TSMC, which accounted for more than 60 percent of the global pure play foundry business in the third quarter of last year, participated in a job fair held at National Taiwan University (NTU) on Saturday.

After the NTU event, TSMC will take part in 19 additional job fairs at other prestigious universities around Taiwan, including National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, National Central University, National Tsing Hua University, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.

In addition to these physical job fairs, TSMC said it will also hold five online job events, setting its sights on international talent.

TSMC said it welcomes professionals in a wide range of areas such as electronical engineering, telecommunications, optoelectronics, physics, materials, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, industrial engineering and engineering management, business management, finance, economics, accounting, mathematics, statistics, human resources, education, labor affairs and law.

The TSMC newcomers will work at the company's sites around Taiwan such as Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung.

Meanwhile, TSMC announced an internship program for the upcoming summer vacation and will take applications from students in their third year at university or higher before May 5, saying students studying master's and Ph.D. programs will be prioritized.

Interns who perform well have a good chance of securing an offer from the chipmaker as full-time employees, TSMC added.