Talent Recruitment
Talent Diversity
Diverse Cultural Backgrounds
WNC aims to offer customers products and services that make life more convenient. This is achieved through a professional team from diverse backgrounds that provide different perspectives. In addition to hiring talent according to functional requirements, the recruitment rate of different nationalities and different ethnic groups has gradually increased. This facilitates contact with our international customers and suppliers and makes WNC more internationalized. The employment rates of ethnic minorities in Taiwan, China, and Vietnam were 0.2%, 0.8%, and 28.2%, respectively and the percentage of them to take on managerial positions are 0.1%, 1.2% and 14.3% respectively.
WNC's Employees Worldwide by Nationality in 2023
| Nationality | Employees (number hired) | Percentage (%) | Managers (number hired) | Percentage of persons serving as managers (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 5,562 | 47.6% | 847 | 56.8% |
| China | 1,982 | 17.0% | 423 | 28.4% |
| Vietnam | 2,294 | 19.6% | 198 | 13.3% |
| The Philippines | 1,751 | 15.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| US | 52 | 0.4% | 15 | 1.0% |
| UK | 8 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% |
| OthersNote | 37 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.4% |
| Total | 11,686 | 100% | 1,491 | 100.0% |
- Note: In Others, employees from Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, New Zealand, Japan, Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia are included.
Employment of Minorities in WNC's Sites in 2023
| Country | Employees (number hired) | Percentage (%) | Managers (number hired) | Percentage of persons serving as managers (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 16 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% |
| China | 16 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.2% |
| Vietnam | 629 | 28.2% | 37 | 14.3% |
| Total | 661 | 5.7% | 43 | 2.9% |
- Note: Ethnic minorities in Taiwan refer to aborigines and new immigrants. In China, the term refers to non-Han ethnic groups while in Vietnam, it refers to non-Kinh ethnic groups.
WNC follows the principle of “respect for human rights” when recruiting new employees and the entire recruitment process conforms to the Labor Standards Act, Employment Service Act and the Gender Equality in Employment Act. Professional ability is the key factor and all participants have an equal opportunity to display their capabilities in an open and transparent recruitment process. Personnel from the recruitment affairs unit also regularly participate in training programs on interview skills and the use of specialized evaluation tools. In order to gain employees’ and stakeholders’ support for an inclusive, equitable and harmonious workplace, WNC issued a Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in November 2023. We will continue to facilitate a culture of diversity and equity while improving related management mechanisms.
The Human Resources Administration Division across all WNC sites works closely with hiring units to locate outstanding talent. For colleagues with different qualifications at different levels of the organization, we offer orientation, bonuses for long service and outstanding performance, internal transfers, promotions, salary-structure adjustments, and other incentive measures in order to create a sound work environment.
Woman Working in the Technology Industries
The percentage of women serving as supervisors at WNC is 27.6%, with the figure rising to 44.8% for sales departments. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) positions at WNC include positions related to R&D, production management, materials management, logistics, procurement, warehouse management and information. The percentage of female employees taking these positions is 26.8%.
Percentage of Women in Managerial Positions in 2023
| Managerial positions | Top-level managers | Mid-level managers | Junior managers | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of women serving as supervisors | 5 | 117 | 290 | 412 | |||
| Number of managers | 22 | 609 | 860 | 1,491 | |||
| Percentage (%) | 22.7% | 19.2% | 33.7% | 27.6% | |||
Employment of Persons from Disadvantaged Groups
Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds work at WNC as masseuses, operators on assembly lines, engineers, or dispatch personnel. Accessible restrooms were built at WNC headquarters and S3 for employees and visitors with physical disabilities. It is our goal that after arranging a suitable working environment, colleagues with disabilities are able to enjoy roles in which they can develop their skillsets. In 2023, WNC’s Taiwan sites hired 54 employees with disabilities, accounting for 0.7% of our total employees, lower than the statutory 1% employment quota. As such, WNC has paid a difference subsidy to the employment fund for people with disabilities in accordance with related laws.
Industry-Academia Cooperation
In order to attract outstanding talent, WNC cooperates closely with many colleges and universities to organize activities such as campus talent recruitment, teacher and student visits, mentors, technical lectures, and book and newspaper discussions. WNC also actively participates in and promotes industry-academia cooperation programs, assists young students in understanding the industry structure in advance, and employs talents from all walks of life and fresh graduates with development potential.
WNC Talent Development Program
| Program | Organizer | Plan content | 2023 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry-Academia Cooperative Training Program | Ministry of Labor | WNC worked with the National Taipei University of Technology to organize a two-year internship program. The program focuses on the development of manufacturing engineering talent, integrating the skills and knowledge needed by the industry. | Since its launch in 2019, 17 students have participated in on-site internships. As of the end of December 2023, nine students chose to continue working at WNC in their senior year and were transitioned to contract assistant engineers. Six of them continued working at WNC after graduation and took on permanent positions in fields such as manufacturing technologies, maintenance, mechanical design. |
| Leadership Talent Development Program | Tsinghua University | Conduct a 7-month corporate cross-sector training course, with mentors leading students to understand career paths and cultivating students' soft power. | 10 elite students were selected and a total of nine training courses were held, leading students to jointly develop ideas related to “The Last Mile". The project aims at optimizing the last stage of delivery processes through AGVs.The project received excellent reviews from the participating students. One of the participating students joined WNC after graduation and took on an HR position. |
| Career Coaching Program | National Cheng Kung University | Courses are planned according to the career interests of students, and then middle and senior managers of the Company serve as career coaches to guide students to understand the practical aspects of the industry and provide necessary employment preparation information. | In 2023, eight students participated in the program and seven courses were held. WNC assigned managers of business units, human resources, mechanical design, marketing and manufacturing departments to serve as coaches to share practical experience in different aspects. |
| Mobileheroes Communication Competition | Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Administration, MOEA | WNC has sponsored National Sun Yat-sen University to hold an annual network communications competition from 2019.We also dispatch staff to guide Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology students to carry out projects to participate in the competition. | Provide instruction to Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology students for participating in the competition with a project on the theme of Design of circularly polarized and dual-polarized broadband array antennas for 5G applications in low Earth orbit satellites. |
| Keynote Speeches | Departments in Universities/Colleges | Executive managers with different backgrounds share their thoughts about industry trends, career development, technologies and others in classes, allowing students to gain industry knowledge and plan their career paths. | In 2023, 21 lectures were held by 15 different departments in different universities, with a total of 1,714 participants. |
| One-on-one online career counseling with young students | Held by WNC | Experienced employees at WNC formed a volunteer team to provide college/university students with one-on-one online career counseling.In one-hour sessions, these volunteers discuss with students and provide suggestions concerning challenges they encountered on their academic and career exploration journey. | In 2023, 15 students participated in the counseling sessions with a total of 15 hours of counseling. |