The war for talent IC industry "battle"

Technology is productivity. In the IC industry, technology is also one of the main characteristics of the competitiveness of enterprises. Therefore, talent, in this technology intensive industries, will always be the focus of attention of all parties. With the establishment of a variety of domestic production lines, IC talent is gradually evolving into another battlefield in addition to the product, its smoke is no less than the product order dispute. IC talent battlefield has never been calm.

In the UMC last month by the Taiwan authorities, accused of illegal investment in the case of UMC chairman Cao Xingcheng has said, "assistance" for Suzhou and ship have not hope in SMIC, winning a talent. Talent has become one of the factors of electrical risks; SMIC cover Fab "addiction" in the mainland, to the second half of 2005, there will be 10 factory into formal operation, the demand for talent is self-evident; opened in March 2nd AMD chip plant in Suzhou, said the next few years, will recruit 300 employees in the local.

Here, the talent dispute refers only to the mainland of china. In fact, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the United States has long been a series of very strict local semiconductor technology to prevent brain drain system. Some of Japan's big semiconductor enterprise human resources personnel, even at the airport waiting for the weekend, to prevent senior technical personnel working abroad; South Korea's Samsung chairman Li Jianxi to "hire", also personally went to the Japanese restaurant banquet in Tokyo senior playing lobbyists. At the beginning of December 2004, Taiwan MOEA executive secretary Cai Liansheng said that the manufacturing company working in the mainland and accept the bonus chips in Taiwan people, will be fined $25 million or even up to 2 years in prison punishment.

Talent advantage to promote technological advantages, in the context of the global high-tech, technical advantages have become the key to the competitiveness of the country. Such as South Korea, Taiwan, China, sandwiched between developed and underdeveloped countries, if the technology is to catch up on their global market competitiveness will bring damage. From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why these countries and regions will develop such tight restrictions on talent.

The introduction of qualified personnel is limited, the cultivation of local talent is difficult. Coupled with the development of semiconductor technology is now too fast, the current university education is also catching up. The university is training out of the "talent" must be "recycled" after the Company re education. "From a foreign experience, a mature engineer needs to be polished for about 5-7 years." SMIC CEO, said Yu Ning ning. "But even so carefully trained engineers, may not be able to stay, because" poaching "too much. The orange tree is yours, but ripe, you want to pick a lot of people."

But the only thing I can do is to find ways to retain talent. Because in the commercialization of the global economic environment, talent is a commodity, as affected by price fluctuations, from countries and regions to countries and regions pay high wages, is normal, it can not control things." When you open a higher "hire" companies, how to develop and retain talent is the key.

In the core of the way to deal with the tutor system is proposed, back overseas experienced engineers, hands Bangdai 2 to 3 young engineers to improve their technology. And provide overseas training for employees, provide options to employees, provide subsidies for employees, etc.. Core talent training base has been developed to 17. Even so, when in 2004, with the support of the government of Singapore companies in Shanghai than 5 times higher than the local salary, the chip has occurred in Shanghai high talent. 2004, SMIC has 80 engineers and 80 operators to singapore. In addition, there are still part of the core of Taiwan employees in Taiwan after returning to Taiwan, due to the failure to obtain the approval of the authorities and can not return to smic.

When the government behavior are also involved in poaching war damage to the "planted orange" can express can only be dissatisfied. And from the IC talent itself, because of the need for semiconductor talent than other high-tech talent training. High intensity of life, endless innovation, not everyone has patience to endure a few years or even ten years of precipitation and accumulation. At the same time, the "flood poaching" phenomenon that a part of focus on the immediate interests of the staff, to see more brilliant prospects, unable to concentrate on his study. The result is not fine art, job hopping.