Kaohsiung, March 24, 2024 – IETO Taipei, in collaboration with YIPA (Young Indonesian Professionals Association) Taiwan and Ur Insider, organized IT-Connects (Indonesia-Taiwan Competence Network for Hi-Tech & Industrial Investments) 2024: Talent Fest in Kaohsiung on March 24, 2024. This event remarked as the third IT-Connects event since its first event held on December 21, 2022 in Taipei. IT-Connects aim to bring more Taiwanese companies together and connected them to Indonesian talents in Taiwan also by offering a digital platform.  Currently over 50 Taiwanese companies, offering more than 100 job vacancies and over 500 Indonesian talents (still a little number, compares to 20.000 Indonesian students and talents in Taiwan) have been joining the IT-Connects online platform. IT-Connects also welcome more participants to join the Members Area online forum to share their talent development programs and professional journeys.

IT-Connects 2024: Talent Fest was opened by the Representative of IETO, Mr. Iqbal S. Shofwan. In his remarks, the Representative of IETO states that IT-Connects can provide benefits for Indonesian students and professionals in Taiwan since participants can interact directly with the Taiwanese business world. In addition, Indonesian students need to get some lessons from the experiences of Indonesian professionals so that they can prepare themselves better and have strong characteristics as they enter the professional environment. Joining this event as well as speakers were the Director of Investment, Mr. Ali Fauzi, Director of Tourism and Transportation, Mr. Ichwan Joesoef, and Analyst of Labour Affairs, Mr. Kadir, who delivered a presentation on investment and tourism opportunities in Indonesia, as well as the rights of Indonesian migrant workers. On his speech, Mr. Ali Fauzi emphasized the term of human oriented investment, in which investment should not be satisfied only by creating more jobs, but furthermore to strengthen human skills and competence as well as access to entrepreneurship development.

In addition to speakers from IETO, this event also invited Valencia Elvira Sugiharto and Fathin Nur Aulia Husna as speakers from Indonesian professionals in Taiwan to share their experiences in pursuing a career in Taiwan. This event also provided an opportunity for CakeResume and BRI Taipei to fill in a Company Sharing session so that participants could get an understanding of the programs offered by these companies.

This year, IT-Connects 2024: Talent Fest was held in Kaohsiung to reach out to young Indonesian talents in the Southern and Central regions of Taiwan. Of the 223 people who registered online, 154 participants from Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung attended this event and had the opportunity to meet Taiwanese companies that are looking for Indonesian talents in their companies. 8 companies were participating in this activity and opened more than 30 job vacancies in various sectors such as tourism, finance, technology, logistics, and trade. The participants also had the opportunity to conduct CV (curriculum vitae) consultation with CakeResume as well as career guidance with professionals from YIPA Taiwan. In addition, participants also had the opportunity to undergo walk-in interviews with companies interested in getting to know more about the participants. Through this event, KDEI Taipei continues to strive to bridge the labor needs of Taiwanese companies with the availability of Indonesian talent in Taiwan.