Graduates facing lower pay, longer unemploymentStaff Writer, with CNAUniversity graduates this year experienced the longest gap between graduation and employment in nine years, a survey showed yesterday. The poll conducted by jobhunting Web site yes123 showed that graduates waited an average of 2.8 months, or 84 days, following graduation before securing a full-time job. Eighty-one percent of them said they had been subject to a period of trial employment, the study showed. Of those, 70 percent underwent a three-month trial period, 15.6 percent had a one-month trial period and 9.8 percent received a two-week assessment, it showed. Monthly salaries for first-time employees averaged NT$30,660 this year, 0.3 percent lower than the NT$30,749 recorded last year, the survey showed.

Source: Taipei Times October 25, 2021 03:54 UTC