President Chin-Lung Chang said that helping students smoothly transition from the campus to the workplace has always been a matter of great concern for the university. A total of 195 well-known companies were invited to participate in this year’s job fair with the aim of creating a rich employment matching platform. At the fair, there were also as many as 140 companies providing job opportunities for overseas students, making it clear that companies recognize the school’s ability to cultivate international talent and manifest the strengths of diversity and inclusion.

The event adopted a dual-track recruitment mechanism, with on-site interviews and an online resume submission platform to allow students who were unable to attend in person to access the job resources. A brand new “Career Navigation Zone” also provided bilingual career consulting services to local and international students so that they could communicate directly with companies and get informed on industry trends and workplace needs.

195 Companies and 5000 Vacancies

The recruitment expo was held under the banner of “NPUST Smart Manufacturing Leaps Forward in the Year of the Snake” and it brought together 195 well-known companies and business entities such as Delta Electronics, ASE, Yageo, Super Qin Enterprise, Uni-President Superior Commissary Corp., CP Group, Dachan Group, Fu Tsu Construction, Te Chang Construction, TCI Group, Medigen, Center Ventures, Wow Prime, Ambassador Hotel, KYMCO, YAMAHA, NCSIST and many more. Job opportunities were offered in a variety of fields, including smart agriculture, technology manufacturing, construction and engineering, food retail, medical biotechnology, and hospitality services, to name a few. With nearly 5,000 job vacancies on the table, it made for the largest and most resourceful employment matching platform in Pingtung to date. Oscillating Saw Blade

Job-hunting Activities Prepare Students in Advance

Since March, NPUST has been holding a series of job-hunting activities in anticipation of the graduation season. These activities included career lectures, resume workshops, job briefings, manufacturer briefings, corporate visits, labor rights lectures, career consulting services, and more. The goal is to help students to grasp the latest workplace trends and corporate needs, further enhance their job-hunting skills and workplace competitiveness, and help them fully prepare to enter the workplace. On top of this, the university is also providing exclusive career counseling services for its international students, including bilingual career consultation, resume ‘health checks’, labor law lectures and local cultural experience workshops to help them align with Taiwanese workplace expectations.

NPUST President Chin-Lung Chang said that “the school has long been actively cultivating outstanding talent for the workplace, and since the university’s alumni serve pillars of society, they are favored by companies from every sector. This year marks the school’s 100th anniversary of and we hope to see our graduates uphold NPUST’s pragmatic spirit, apply what they have learned, and create excellent career paths for themselves”.

NPUST has more than 2,000 graduates this year, and the recruiting companies have already taken inventory. The large and diverse representation from the business sector created a valuable opportunity for graduating students, and with the continuation of the online resume submission platform, the matchmaking processes will be even more convenient for job seekers and recruiters alike.