HR experts, industry execs, and government officials in Taiwan say the current chip talent shortage on the island is the most serious they have ever seen
Nikkei Asia : Tweets: @nikkeiasia , @trengriffin , @trevorcroker , and @martijnrasser Tweets: @nikkeiasia : The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a hiring frenzy, as it races to add capacity to fill gaps exposed by the chip shortage. Nowhere is the pressure more acute than in Taiwan. https://asia.nikkei.com/... #Taiwan #semiconductor Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “Taiwan's semiconductor industry boasted more than 290,000 employees as of the end of last year, in a population of 23.4 million”.https://asia.nikkei.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Trevor Croker / @trevorcroker : In 1998, TSMC made the unconventional decision to built a fab in the southern city of Tainan due to its proximity to National Cheng Kung University. 24 years later, location makes little difference amid Taiwan's declining birth rate and stiff international competition. https://twitter.com/... Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : “If you are a doctoral candidate in microelectronics in Taiwan, you don't go job hunting. Jobs come hunting for you.” https://asia.nikkei.com/...