Nearly 80 percent of Taiwan's high-tech companies have said they are recovering, with over 60 percent requiring to hire more personnel in the fourth quarter and some 70 percent offering salaries back up to levels last seen before the global financial crisis, according to the results of a survey released yesterday. The results of the 1111 Job Bank survey, conducted Nov. 8-9 and with 462 valid samples returned, show that 76.6 percent of the high-tech companies that responded said their business had recovered or was recovering, while 58.7 percent said there was no more unpaid leave, pay cuts, headcount freezes or lay-offs at their companies.Some 64 percent said they have had hiring needs in Q4 - with 44.8 percent saying they had already been recruiting and 18.4 percent saying they had recently started the hiring process. Meanwhile, 71 percent of the respondents said salaries for new recruits were back to the pre-financial crisis level, with the average annual salary at NT$464,923,
Ho Chi-sheng, public relations officer at the online employment consultancy company, said the number of vacancies at high-tech companies increased 91.75 percent in September compared to January this year.
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