Foreign Talent in Taiwan: The Rough with the Smooth

The topic of working in Taiwan as a foreigner is something I’ve spoken about on multiple occasions. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at events discussing this issue hosted by All Hands Taiwan, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, TAITRA and at a couple of job fairs. Within the foreigner community in Taiwan, this is the pervasive question: what are my options here professionally? I chose the sub-title of my article, not to suggest foreigners here are rough, but to allude to the difficult truth about living here as a foreigner: life in Taiwan is fantastic but the job prospects are not great. You have to accept the rough with the smooth. What do the statistics say? At the end of 2019 there were <a href="https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141478/141380/209124/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">785,341 foreigners living in Taiwan</a>, 363,323 males and 423,018 females. Around 92% are from South East Asia and around 14,000 are from the larger English-speaking countries. The Ministry of Labor categorizes foreign workers into two major groups; <a href="https://ivorcivoraurora.medium.com/foreign-talent-in-taiwan-the-rough-with-the-smooth-55aa120d282">Click Here</a>