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Friday 25 March 2011
Acer to cut 100 jobs in China
Acer is looking to eliminate more than 100 jobs at its operations in China, equivalent to about 10% of the company's total workforce stationed in the region, according to China media...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
ASE to beef up workforce in 2011, says paper
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to hire a total of 3,000 employees for its major production hub in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, in 2011, according to company executive...
Friday 9 July 2010
Lextar to hire 1,300 employees in 2H10
Lextar Electronics, a maker of LED epitaxy wafers and chips, is expected to hire 1,300 employees in the second half of 2010 for its operations in Taiwan and China, according to the...
Monday 7 June 2010
Foxconn raises minimum wage to 2,000 yuan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced plans to raise the minimum wage at its Shenzhen plant to 2,000 yuan (US$292.68) on October 1, but employees will need...
Friday 16 April 2010
KYE denies mistreatment at Microsoft-OEM factory
Taiwan-based PC accessory maker KYE Systems, which is also an OEM manufacturer of Microsoft products, has refuted a recently published report by the US National Labor Committee (NLC)...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Foxconn pledges to offer mental support for employees
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on April 10, held a conference in response to the spate of deaths and suicide attempts seen among its employees in China and pledged...
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Foxconn recruiting in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is seeking qualified professionals in Taiwan to fill job positions of various levels needed at its many factories and business divisions...
Friday 19 March 2010
UMC plans more hiring
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to seek a total of 2,400 new recruits, including 1,000 engineers for its 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science Park...
Monday 15 March 2010
Inotera to recruit over 300 employees, says paper
DRAM maker Inotera Memories is planning to add an additional 300-400 employees - mostly engineers and R&D staff - which is equivalent to about 10% of its global workforce, according...
Monday 15 March 2010
Memory module house Transcend to hire 1,000 staff for new plant
DRAM module and NAND flash device maker Transcend Information plans to recruit a total of 1,000 employees for its soon-to-be-open Taiwan plant, which will be dedicated to producing...
Friday 12 March 2010
Semiconductor firms step up hiring of new employees
Major Taiwan-based foundries and backend suppliers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Advanced Semiconductor...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
SMIC to cut 10% of employees
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, plans to downsize 10% of its workforce in a move to accelerate its progress towards profitability,...
Monday 8 March 2010
ASE to expand workforce
The Export Processing Zone Administration under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has revealed that Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to hire around 300 staff...
Monday 22 February 2010
Southern China seeing labor shortage of 2 million, says paper
Guangdong Province, a large manufacturing cluster in southern China, is seeing a labor shortage of an estimated two million workers following the Lunar New Year, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 22 January 2010
Taiwan employment rate falls in December 2009
Taiwan had 632,000 jobless citizens in December 2009, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 5.74%. Figures were down 0.12pp on month but up 0.71pp on year, according to statistics...