<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This trip was an amazing experience. Before this trip, I was inclined to find a job back to my home country, because I thought it was the safest bet and there is no place like home. But after this trip, in which we got a glimpse of Taiwan’s manufacturing industry, I might change my mind. The companies that I found extremely interesting were Delta, Phison, A-Pro, and GPM. I used to work in a manufacturing company and they were slightly similar. I like how these companies invest in research and development, which is a notable contrast to Honduras. Another fascinating factoid to me was that I never heard of these companies before but I have heard lots of the products they manufacture. For example, I currently have several Phison’s USB products. I also own an Xbox 360 with cooling fans produced by Delta. Based on the few hours we spent at each company, I also liked the way they treat their employees. A-Pro seems like a big family and GPM works like a highly efficient team. And if the way they welcome us can be samples of the Taiwanese hospitality and company’s attitude toward foreigners, then I must say that Taiwan is a great place to live and work. Perhaps the only obstacle is the language barrier. I am certain that some other students can speak fluent Chinese and may be candidates whom Taiwan’s companies are eagerly needing. For those struggling with the language, we still need to learn and practice. GPM told me speaking English and Mandarin is a tremendous advantage, especially for those companies with support sites in the US and even in South East Asia. I learned some Chinese but until now I still cannot hold a conversation without mixing English, but I think this is a challenge which can be overcome gradually .if I continuously work on it.

Before going to visit the first company, Invest Taiwan Service Center (ITSC) gave us a great presentation to give me the necessary information about the recruitment criteria such as qualification, point system for international students to work in Taiwan. I also learned the methods and ways to look for jobs in Taiwan. It does help me a lot since I am planning to work in Taiwan after my graduation. Throughout the whole enterprise visit, I had learned a lot of new things about each company and corporations visited such as their background, their operation, their expertise, the development of their company and the job positions they may offer to the oversea talents. The green building from Delta Group had impressed me the most about their innovative technology to conserve water, energy and reduce the carbon dioxide emission. Besides the new things learned from these five companies, I had also gained a lot of information such as the culture and food of Taiwan. From this trip, I not only get to know that Taiwan Enterprises are welcoming foreign graduate students to join their company, but also know that these enterprises are demanding foreign talents to help them to expand their market internationally. Finally, I want to use two Chinese idiom to describe my feeling to this trip: 獲益良多 and 不枉此行.I hope this event can be organized every year to allow more international students to learn about the enterprise and the Taiwanese culture as well.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My name is Uranzaya Tsogtsaikhan. I am from Mongolia and studying in National Cheng Kung University. I participated “2016 Enterprise Visit for International Graduate Students”. It was really an amazing trip. We visited ITSC and 5 companies, including: Taipower, Delta, Phison, A-Pro, GPM. I really appreciate to join this trip, because it might be provide some good opportunities to stay and work here. Among those companies we visited, I would say that Phison is on the top of my favorite list. The main reason is that its chairman is also a foreign student, coming from Malaysia. His story shows that everyone can establish company and make money in Taiwan. Besides, I also like Phison’s philosophy. During their presentation, they emphasize that they like to hire someone who want to work long term and can grow with company. Thank CTCI Foundation for giving me this great opportunity and hopefully to successfully apply a good job in Taiwan.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First of all I would like to thank CTCI foundation for giving me the opportunity, and for considering me as a talent that can benefit Taiwanese companies. I think activities like this are very important for foreign students like us for many reasons, because it gives us the link between recruitment agencies (ITSC) that have information about visas, and job openings and are interested in connecting us with companies, and it also gives us a direct insight with Taiwanese companies, their general information their managers, employment information and benefits. I really appreciated the time and thought that is put into this activity, because all the companies we visited were expecting us, and were prepared and happy to introduce the company to us in English which made us feel welcomed and special. For me, the highlights of this event was the visit with ITSC, which is a recruitment government agency with specialized people interested in connecting us with job vacancies to which you can make questions and they are happy to help. We visited many companies, in the high-tech industry. Since my major is engineering, for me this is different from other recruitment activities which generally only have sales and business opportunities. Between the companies we visited were GPM, Phison Electronics Corporation, A-Pro Tech, Linkau plant and Delta Group. From the companies we visited, the ones I liked the most were the Linkau plant and Delta Group (since my Master’s degree is in sustainability, and my bachelors is Civil Engineering, these two were the most related to my professional skills and knowledge). Some highlights of other companies that I liked were that in Phison Electronics we could meet the owner, whose story was very inspiring. Also, besides introducing us the company, they had a foreign engineer explain us the company, and gave us information about vacancies and employment benefits the company offers. CTCI foundation made us feel really welcomed, and took us to eat at very nice restaurants and we stayed at very nice hotels. Overall I think all the activity was well thought, organized and made us feel grateful of being selected. Thank you very much for selecting me, and for the patience and thought of organizing this event for us.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As International student, it is very hard to find the right offers at the right time, but I have to say that CTCI Foundation did a great job by choosing the amazing enterprises we had the chance to visit. The variety of sectors, industries, and size was definitely on point, and I can’t choose a favorite among all of them, as they were all impressively different but incredibly appealing at the same time. First, we visited the Linkou Thermal Power Plant of Taipower Company, and we had the chance to know more about Power generation, transmission, and even distribution of electricity in Taiwan. We also went to Delta Group&acute;s R&D Center, where they explained to us not only the fact that they are a global leader for the energy efficient power products industry, but also they shared with us the offers they have for international students who are willing to stay here in Taiwan and build a professional career. They also showed us the successfully implemented green building they have and all the techniques they utilize to “Go Green”. Our second day started with one of the most successful companies in Taiwan, Phison Electronics Corporation, the international working environment was evident, even the presenter was from Brazil, something that caught my attention right away given that I am from Nicaragua, another Latin-American country. Their focus on R&D was very appealing for all of us, they are definitely working with leading technologies and their expansion process is really evident, given our globalized world starving for high-speed data storage devices. Our visit to A-Pro Tech Company was such a nice experience, I remember they said they were a medium enterprise, but then when we went to the fabric and when we saw their alliances with well-renowned brands around the world, I understood they are just humble and modest. They are actually leaders for the cycling industry and their high-quality bicycle frames are undeniably appealing. As team, they seem to work efficiently, indeed, all the employees seemed to know what they were doing. I would love to work for a company with such a nice organizational culture. Our last stop was the Gallant Precision Machining Company, they shared with us how important is for them their human resource, they consider their “powerful professional engineering R&D team” as one of the most important assets they have in the company, which is something very positive when it comes to looking for a place to build a successful professional career. The innovation is very evident as one of their core values, their scope includes a variety of technology-oriented equipment, and one of the things that I liked the most was that their vision is, let’s say, “Improving living quality” oriented.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is my pleasure to join “2016 Enterprise Visit for International Graduate Students”. I thought this journey changed my idea totally. My original plan after I get my PhD degree is going back to my country. But after visiting some companies in Taiwan, I wish I could have a chance to have a job and stay in Taiwan in the future. During our journey, I visited Linkou Electricity Plant, Delta’s R&D Center, Phison, A-Pro Tech and GPM. All companies are very special and interesting in their own expertise. Among these companies, I think Delta and GPM are the most related to my background. I hope that I can apply a job there (it is also great that now I know I can contact ITSC to ask job-matching help) after my finish my study. In addition, I am also been encouraged by Mr. Pen’s success to have a little different future, that if I work hard enough and other opportunities, maybe I can be also an entrepreneur.Lastly I would like to thank all the CTCI foundation and Invest Taiwan Service Center coordinators for giving this chance to visit Taiwan’s best companies.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was great pleasure to be a part of Enterprise Visit for International Graduate Student, organized by CTCI foundation. This visit not only enriched my knowledge about multiple business firm but also influence me to think of a bigger dreams. Among those companies we visited, one of the most impressive thing for me is how the Delta group design their Intelligent Green Building. The idea of combining the smart and green technology can leads to the change in our society. It will makes our life easier and better without harming the environment. As buildings are responsible for an enormous amount of national energy use, resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Such kind of green building are more sustainable building options in today’s world. The other most inspiring part of this trip was to meet Mr. Pen, who is chairman and co-founder of Phison Electronics Corporation and also a Malaysian. His successful story encouraged me a lot, a man at the young age of 40’s become a successful Entrepreneurs, and having its very own company which have total capital of above NT $ 1.97billion. I never dare to think to start up a company in foreign country. I was thinking it might be a nearly impossible step with simple background family like me. But Mr. Pen though comes from a farmer family, he start up his own company and become a successful business man today.I really thankful to CTCI foundation for organizing such a trip which helps especially for a foreign student like me to have more understandings about Taiwan’s business and working environment more closely.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It’s such a good chance to become a participant of CTCI Enterprise Visit, in that I had a lot of unforgettable memories. We met at Invest Taiwan Service Center to be introduced about job opportunities in Taiwan. We had a 1-hour meeting with a lot of useful information and they had been answering our every questions. It demonstrates the huge interests of career from international students in Taiwan. CTCI program also gave us chances to visit different Taiwanese outstanding companies. Those companies are the pioneers in the field that they are in charge. Each company gave us a new knowledge about real industry system. The first place is Linkou thermal power plant which generates electricity by coal burning. The whole system is controlled by a central room with all parameters, sensors, and information about real-time process. Then, we went to Delta cooperation at the afternoon. The most impressive thing in there is eco-friendly building. In that, Delta cooperation invented so many new ideas to save energy and made it comes true. The day after that, we visited 3 companies include Phison, Aprotek, and GPM. After 2 days of full enterprise activities, we visited Sun Moon Lake in Nantou to relax. This is the second time I’ve been there, but it still makes me so surprised about the awesome landscape. We enjoyed the moment together, and had many unforgettable memories. During the trip, I also had chances to make friends with students all around the world who went with me in this trip. We shared the knowledge about ourselves, exchanged culture, and learnt some greeting words from other countries. It’s such a great time for me.

在中技社的帶領下，我有幸參加了這次企業的參訪活動，先後參訪了台電林口電廠、台達電子桃園研發中心、群聯電子股份有限公司、野寶科技股份有限公司和均豪精密工業股份有限公司，其中野寶科技股份有限公司給我留下了深刻的印象。雖然時間短暫，但感受頗深。首先在辦公大樓會議室工作人員向我們介紹了野寶公司，並且展示了公司生產的零件。接著我們參觀了生產車間，剛踏進生產車間就有一陣轟隆隆的聲音，工人們全神貫注地在各自的工作間一個一個地給零件上油、切割、打磨等等，每一道工序完成后又仔細地檢查后再接著下一個。雖然天氣很熱，工廠有的車間溫度特別高，豆大的汗珠在他們身上流淌，但似乎絲毫沒有影響他們的工作，讓我深深地被這些工人的敬業精神感動。我想這正好與公司所尊崇“踏實、拼搏、責任”的企業精神相應，不管以後從事什職業進入什企業，野寶公司的精神都是我應該學習的。

The Enterprise visit started the journey at very first to InvestTaiwan Service Center, and then we visited Linkou Thermal Power Plant, Delta Group, Phison, A-Pro Tech and GPM one by one. In general, we were presented those companies’ profiles and demonstrated those companies’ real-time business activity. They also welcomed graduates for job application. While visiting, we had a conversation with the administrator, chief director and deputy director of the Company. Overall, we had super awesome experience from the enterprise visit. Finally and foremost I would like to give my warmest thankful to the organizing committee for giving me this opportunity to involve such an educational event that is crucial to develop practical skills. It gives me valuable information to decide to work in Taiwan’s companies after completion of my PhD study. Thank you very much indeed.