Taipei: Official statistics show that Taiwan will have a shortage of between 50,000 and 100,000 experts and professionals from now till 2009. A lump of the shortage comes from the island’s science and industrial parks, accumulating to around 10,000. Among them, about 5,800 vacancies are for electrical engineers, while 3,000 are for mechanical engineers.

Taiwan’s cutting edge high-tech industries are now in active pursuit of experienced foreign talents with high tech capability and engineering innovation to work closely with them in their transition to the next level of technological development.

A number of Taiwan’s leading companies, such as Acer, TSMC, Advantech, Chimei Optoelectronics, Franz, Giant, Jade Yacht, and others in different industrial fields, have also employed foreign talents in order to boost their product design and technology, and successfully expand to the global markets.

TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) has been entrusted by the Department of Investment Services, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), to actively promote HiRecruit Services, with the goal to attract foreign professionals around the world to work in the different emerging industrial sectors of Taiwan.

With over 45 branch offices established in major cities around the globe, TAITRA is on the fast track to promote HiRecruit Services both domestically and internationally. HiRecruit is an effective two-way job matching system that connects professional foreign talents with Taiwan’s dynamic enterprises from the industrial and research sectors. It offers free membership registration, an instant access to the latest job vacancies, regular e-newsletters, and other useful information.

The Executive Yuan of the Republic of China is organizing a 12-day Overseas Recruitment Mission, from the 23th of August to the 4th of September, to five different cities in the US and Canada, namely Santa Clara (CA, USA), Los Angeles (CA, USA), Houston (TX, USA), Washington D.C. (D.C., USA), and Toronto (ON, Canada).

The delegation, which comprises some of Taiwan’s leading enterprises and several government bodies, will conduct HiRecruit seminars, press conferences and, one-on-one interviews with participating foreign professionals seeking job opportunities in Taiwan.

TAITRA is inviting about 30 companies, academia and research institutions to present candidates with different job opportunities that are currently available. Although the Mission aims to target high tech industries, particularly science and research, semiconductors, WiMAX, bioengineering/biotechnology, ICT, and digital content, enterprises representing other industries are welcome to join the events.

Date Location Time Venue
Aug 25 (Sat) Santa Clara (CA, USA) 10:00AM ~ 4:00PM Santa Clara Marriott Hotel
Aug 26 (Sun) Los Angeles (CA, USA) 10:00AM ~ 5:00PM Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel
Aug 28 (Tue) Houston (TX, USA) 3:00PM ~ 9:00PM Renaissance Houston Hotel
Aug 30 (Thu) Washington (D.C., USA) 3:00PM ~ 9:00PM Double Tree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Bethesda
Sept 1 (Sat) Toronto (ON, Canada) 10:00AM ~ 5:00PM Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre & Spa

All professionals are welcome to the seminars and sign up for the one-on-one meetings with the delegates. Interested talents can register for free HiRecruit membership at http://hirecruit.nat.gov.tw, or contact our branch offices for more detailed information.

Company Name: Commercial Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston
Contact Person: Mr. Clark Sun
Tel: 713-961-9794 ; Fax: 713-961-9809
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