Taipei, April 20 (CNA) Graduates from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) are those most sought by local corporations, according to the results of a poll released Thursday, the 10th consecutive year the public school has topped the poll.
The survey was conducted by Cheers magazine to explore the top 1,000 corporations' manpower recruitment plans and their school preferences. The corporations were selected in terms of ratings compiled by the CommonWealth business monthly.
The poll found that while NCKU, located in the southern city of Tainan, leads the overall ratings in seven categories, National Taiwan University (NTU) ranks top in terms of producing graduates with leadership and global vision.
Tamkang University has the most sought-after graduates among private universities for the second consecutive year.
In the overall ratings, NTU graduates came in second, followed by those from National Chiao Tung University, National Tsinghua University and National Chengchi University. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Tamkang University, National Sun Yat-sen University and Chung-yuan Christian University rounded out the top 10.
Among other findings, the survey shows that compared to five years ago, fresh graduates are better in terms of innovation, global vision and foreign language proficiency but worse in stability, problem-solving ability, professional knowledge and teamwork.
According to the poll, 73.2 percent of the companies surveyed said they will recruit fresh university graduates this year, slightly down from last year's 79.8 percent.
The service industry has replaced the finance industry as the sector with the highest hiring intentions. 86.1 percent of the service industry businesses surveyed showed hiring intention this year.
The survey polled 1,600 local businesses from Feb. 17 to March 22 and received 370 responses.