Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/16
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, April 16 (CNA) With a rise in the number of young jobseekers in Taiwan expressing an interest in applying for jobs in China, a senior executive at a local job bank is advising applicants to be aware of the changing nature of employment opportunities there, despite its attitude to Taiwanese talent.

Joe Chen (陳嵩榮), a senior deputy general manager at 104 Job Bank, said Monday that more and more enterprises in China are adjusting their employment policies to focus on “local hiring” and as a result many are no longer offering travel or housing subsidies to overseas recruits.

Moreover, in some first-tier Chinese cities, such as Shanghai, the cost of renting is even higher than in Taipei, Chen added, citing Shanghai’s Jing’an, Changning and Huangpu districts, where the rent for an ensuite room is currently a minimum of 6,500 Chinese yuan (US$1,035) per month.    [FULL  STORY]