The shortage of semiconductor talent in mainland China has made the entire domestic industry anxious in recent years. But what is unexpected is that Taiwan Province, as a treasure land for China's semiconductor industry, is now facing a terrible semiconductor talent shortage.

semiconductor talent shortage in mainland China has made the entire domestic industry anxious in recent years. Talent training in the semiconductor industry has gradually emerged in various places, and the training base business is booming. But what is unexpected is that Taiwan Province, as a treasure land for China's semiconductor industry, is now facing a terrible semiconductor talent shortage.

"You don't have to know how to study before you can get into TSMC." This is a speech by Zhang Shufen, chairman of TSMC Charity Foundation, at SEMICON's "Semiconductor Talent Cultivation Forum" yesterday on September 14, which subverted the imagination of many people.

In fact, in the same forum, TSMC's Talent Development and Recruitment Department Director Zhuang Xiuhua also confirmed this statement, pointing out that high school vocational graduates account for about 10% of the total employees, and "some employees graduated from the Department of Beauty, Hairdressing or Early Childhood Education."

At present, TSMC, which has 60,000 employees in Taiwan alone, has not only continued to deepen its roots in Taiwan, China, but has also made more active overseas layouts. Due to the rapid growth of the company, the demand for various manpower is also very urgent.

For this year, TSMC has recruited about 8,000 employees, of which more than 2,000 and nearly 3,000 new employees are directly related to production lines and manufacturing. Many of them are graduates from high school vocational schools. Zhuang Xiuhua analyzed: "In the semiconductor industry, high school technical students have many opportunities, and high school vocational schools are very welcome to join."

Even if you are not studying in the department of electronic and electrical machinery, students may still find a position suitable for them at TSMC. "In fact, there are also people who study in the department of beauty salon or early childhood education. Don't worry, the company will provide complete training courses after entering. The school teaches the basics, methods and attitude development of work, but the major starts from the company, so don't worry. We (students in all subjects) are very welcome." Zhuang Xiuhua explained.

science is not enough to grab liberal arts! Can it be used as long as it is a human?

The current low birth rate has caused the number of science and engineering graduates to drop sharply. In recent years, the semiconductor industry, which has been fully expanding in recent years, has even begun to extend its tentacles to liberal arts students (including legal businessmen). In the past two years, the new crown epidemic has seriously damaged the services and catering market that rely most on liberal arts students, which has also made liberal arts students rethink whether to invest in the semiconductor industry that is waving hard.

Typical examples: the global lithography machine leader ASML will have 4,500 employees in Taiwan this year. ASML China Taiwan and Southeast Asia Finance Minister He Siying mentioned in today's "Looking forward to the New Generation Talent Cultivation Forum - Diversified Integration Lecture" that in addition to the lack of jobs in science and engineering, the company also actively waves to non-scientific workers.

For the career development and learning opportunities of non-science and engineering graduates, He Siying said that after joining ASML, the company continues to provide personal career development and learning opportunities. In addition to strengthening its own advantages, it also provides learning opportunities to improve employees' industrial professional knowledge. Currently, 35% of ASML employees in Taiwan are graduates from non-science and engineering, and will continue to provide relevant non-science and engineering technology vacancies in the future.

She also said, "The semiconductor industry is a highly international industry. Talents need to have an international perspective to show their competitiveness in the workplace, and continue to cultivate cross-cultural communication and coordination skills, English skills and open minds, from thinking out of comfort circles and evolving to "enlarging" your comfort circles. The core organizational values ​​of ASML are Challenge, Collaboration, and Care. Chinese are dialectical thinking, courage to express, teamwork, and co-creation. Winning, as well as caring, listening, respecting and tolerance, are the most important indicators for ASML employees to train and select talents in the future. "

Why ASML can become the world's number one brand of Weiying Technology? He Siying mentioned that ASML's "compatibility culture". ASML brings together colleagues from 139 nationalities around the world to work together. Employees from 27 nationalities around the world are in ASML Taiwan, inspiring "creative" with "diversity", leveraging their unlimited potential together, and creating progress together.

Summary:

Whether it is TSMC or ASML, they are now waving to non-scientific and technological graduates, which is enough to show how serious the current semiconductor talent shortage in Taiwan Province, China is.Taking this as a guide, mainland China may also face the same situation in the future. Therefore, it is a critical period for increasing efforts to cultivate talents in the semiconductor industry.