Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) says it plans to recruit about
9,000 new employees this year to cope with the company's growing business and
technology development needs.

TSMC held campus job fair Friday at National Taiwan University in Taipei, one
of a series of similar events over the next few months.

According to the world's largest contract chipmaker, job fairs will be held
at nine other colleges in New Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan,
Yunlin and Kaohsiung until April and 3,000 students are expected to attend.

TSMC also said it will participate in several other college-organized job
fairs later this year, including those held by National Sun Yat-sen
University in Kaohsiung and National Cheng Kung University in Tainan.

The company said that currently, foundries in Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan
are looking for new talent across a wide range of fields such as electrical
engineering, optoelectronics, machinery, physics, production materials,
chemicals, finance, management, human resources and labor relations, .