The Ministry of Education hosted job fairs for students from Taiwan’s overseas community and foreign students in Taipei City and the southern city of Tainan, respectively, highlighting government effort to attract international talent.
Hosted Feb. 14 in Tainan and Feb. 21 in Taipei, this year’s events attracted students and alumni from over 80 universities and colleges, the MOE said, adding that attendance has exceeded 1,000 students annually since the fair’s launch in 2023.
According to the ministry, 75 enterprises including Hiwin Technologies Corp. and Eslite Spectrum Corp. were represented at the events. Other participating businesses spanned advertisement, biotechnology, education, information technology, manufacturing, medical care and retail sectors, among others. The MOE added that more than 20 enterprises in the travel and accommodation industry were invited to join the fairs.
Governmental agencies also set up consultation booths in the fairs, the MOE said, citing the Ministry of Labor’s Workforce Development Agency, the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Department of Investment Promotion and the National Development Council’s International Talent Taiwan Office as specific examples. They provided information regarding employment and immigration laws in Taiwan, as well as resources for learning Mandarin, the ministry added.
The fairs are just one segment of the MOE’s international personnel exchange and cooperation outreach, as evidenced by a 2023 initiative to attract and retain global talent, along with the Study in Taiwan Database, which launched in 2018 and regularly publishes online newsletters in English to provide the latest job information to interested candidates, the ministry added. (YCH-E)
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