Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/21
By: Tsai Peng-min and Frances Huang

Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) The hiring outlook among local businesses improved for the first quarter of next year, according to the 1111 online job bank, as more and more Taiwanese companies operating overseas are investing at home to avoid the impact of the trade friction between the U.S. and China.

Citing the results of a survey, the job bank said 56.20 percent of the polled employers said they have plans to hire in the January- March period of next year, up from 51.06 percent recorded in a similar poll for the first quarter of this year.

Those employers who are planning to increase their workforces for the quarter said full-time positions will account for most of their job openings, the survey showed.

According to the survey, manpower demand from the electronics industry, the service business and the real estate industry is expected to top other industries in the quarter.    [FULL  STORY]