CHT to recruit talent for AI, IoT, big data

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch a large-scale recruitment drive in 2019 as it expects to see an unprecedented wave of up to 5,000 of its employees applying for retirements over the next five years. As many as 1,600 jobs would be available at the Taiwan-based telecom carrier in 2019, according to company chairman David Cheng, who added that the number of new employees hired each year will be over 1,000 for a few years after 2019. However, to cope with changing industry developments, including the forthcoming 5G era and increasing competition, the company plans to hire more talent with expertise related to AI, big data analysis, IoT, mobile payment, 5G and information security, Cheng said. Including its subsidiaries, CPT currently has about 33,500 employees.