Semiconductor firms face hiring challenges even amid sector boom
Key obstacles: Job seekers' perceptions of industry, tussle for talent among firms
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Engineers at work at Applied Materials, a firm supplying equipment and software for the manufacture of semiconductor chips. Not enough people are signing up to join the semiconductor industry despite the job opportunities available, said the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF APPLIED MATERIALS
The semiconductor sector is booming and continues to offer good job opportunities despite the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
But the problem is that not enough people are signing up to join the industry, the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association told The Straits Times.
