WT cares to plan the best and most complete career blueprint for employees

An enterprise’s development stems from its belief in talent cultivation. WT group values the comprehensive development of employees and creates a work environment suitable for the right people. In a fast-changing environment, in order to equip the talent pool with the capacity to adapt to future changes, WT has established a training and development plan to effectively translate learning into performance.

In 2023, WT invested NT$ 4,825,705 in total in education and training. Throughout the year, 458 sessions of training were given to 17,587 person-times, totaling 27,398 hours. The average training hours of all employees were 7.91 hours. On average, female employees received 0.61 hours more training than their male counterparts.

Total Training Spend and Time, 2019-2023

More training sessions and higher attendance: adapting to micro-courses to enhance learning effectiveness

 

Three major optimization measures for talent development in 2023

  1. Improve departmental OJT (On the Job Training) awareness:In addition to general training of the Company, each department in Taiwan has customized department-specific product technology courses based on the different attributes of the products and customers they are responsible for, including product knowledge, technology content, and experience sharing. In 2023, a total of 3,127 person-times received 6,322 hours of physical and digital learning.
  2. Strengthen process optimization training:The Company is committed to improving its work efficiency of each operating process, promoting digital optimization, and strengthening training when a system is launched. In 2023, a total of 1,766 person-times received 3,272 hours of physical and digital learning.
  3. Promote personal career development plans:There are currently more than 30 people being trained and rotated in the “Want Talent” elite training program.

Enhanced New Hire Training Program

  1. Mentorship system:Supervisors or senior employees are appointed as mentors to help the new hires fit into the company culture and work environment.
  2. New hire training program:The new hire training starts from the on-board date, and provides courses on functional skills in basic stage (1-3 months) and advanced stage (after 6 months) to familiarize new hires with corporation processes and key policies.
  3. The program adopts on-the-job training method and is conducted in an online and offline blended learning mode in a step-by-step manner to help new hires to develop relevant functional skills.

Enhanced overseas training capacity

Integrating internal and external resources to promote hybrid learning

With the advent of the digital era, WT introduced the WT e-Learning Academy, a digital learning platform that combines online and in-person learning. In the post-pandemic world, learning styles have changed and the proportion of digital learning has increased. Based on WT’s training and development plan, WT e-Learning Academy has established courses in five categories, combining e-newsletters, a knowledge center, and online courses to integrate internal and external resources and enrich the platform’s content, while becoming a platform for linking WT’s knowledge transmission and communication. WT will continue to refine and hold regular course planning workshops in the hope of providing richer training resources to all employees through continuous innovation.

Want Talent, an elite development program for promising talents

To provide a better career pathway program, WT launched the “Want Talent” elite training program and recruited selected new graduates for the program. In addition to soft skills and technical courses, job rotation training and participation in important projects and large-scale conferences are organized for them to gain a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts of the Company’s operation. Furthermore, senior executives and the human resources department show regular care for them, provide them career guidance, and plan their individual advancement goals and development, to keep them in a changing and challenging work environment. Meanwhile, salary adjustments and rank promotions have been made according to performance and market standard of the individual, offering market competitive salary and fair benefits.

Meetings with promising talents to check and bond with them

The Chief Human Resources officer and HRBP meet with promising young talents regularly to check in on their career needs and their unit supervisors’ feedback, in order to prepare them for leadership and bond with them.

 

Complete career planning is offered with a blueprint for sustainable development of talents

An enterprise’s development stems from its belief in talent cultivation‭. ‬WT group values the comprehensive development of employees and creates a work environment suitable for the right people‭. ‬In a fast-changing environment‭, ‬in order to equip the talent pool with the capacity to adapt to future changes‭, ‬WT has established a training and development plan to effectively translate learning into performance‭.‬

 

In 2022‭, ‬a total of NTD 4.5939‭ ‬million were invested in education and training‭, ‬and a total of 25,522‭ ‬hours‭, ‬and 847‭ ‬sessions‭, ‬of training were given to 25,809‭ ‬person-times‭.‬

 

By position‭, ‬junior managers received more hours of education and training than those of other positions‭, ‬while the average education and training hours of other positions are similar‭. ‬The average education and training hours of all employees were 7.20‭ ‬hours in 2022‭. ‬There was no significant gender difference in average training hours‭.‬

Talent Development Optimization Policy for 2022 Improve departmental

Improve departmental On-the-Job Training awareness‭: ‬In addition to the company’s common training‭, ‬each department in Taiwan designs a department-specific product technology course according to the product and customer attributes it is responsible for‭, ‬covering product knowledge‭, ‬technical connotation‭, ‬experience sharing‭, ‬etc‭. ‬The total hours was 3,354‭ ‬hours in 2022‭.‬

 

Strengthen process optimization training‭: ‬The company is committed to improving the work efficiency of each operation procedures‭, ‬promoting digital optimization‭, ‬and strengthening education and training after the system goes online‭. ‬In 2022‭, ‬a total of 1,687‭ ‬hours of physical and digital learning were given to a total of 7,662‭ ‬person-times‭ ‬in Taiwan‭.‬

Want Talent program‭, ‬an all-round career development plan for elites

To provide a better career pathway program‭, ‬WT launched the‭ “‬Want Talent‭” ‬elite training program and recruited selected new graduates for the program‭. ‬In addition to soft skills and technical courses‭, ‬job rotation training and participation in important projects and large-scale conferences are organized for them to gain a‭ ‬comprehensive understanding of the core concepts of the company’s operation‭.

 

‬Furthermore‭, ‬senior executives and the human resources department will regularly show care for employees‭, ‬provide career guidance‭, ‬and plan individual advancement goals and development‭, ‬so that they may be in a changing and challenging work environment‭. ‬At the same time‭, ‬salary adjustment and rank promotion has been made according to performance and market standard of the individual‭, ‬providing market competitive salary and fair benefits‭. ‬As of the end of 2022‭, ‬a total of 28‭ ‬employees have‭ ‬been trained in the program‭.‬

Employees are provided with diverse online and offline learning resources

With the advent of the digital era‭, ‬WT introduced the WT e-Learning Academy‭, ‬a digital learning platform that combines online and in-person learning‭. ‬Over the past three years‭, ‬due to the pandemic‭, ‬learning styles have changed and the proportion of digital‭ ‬learning has increased‭. ‬Based on WT’s training and development plan‭, ‬WT e-Learning Academy has established courses in five categories‭, ‬combining e-newsletters‭, ‬knowledge center‭, ‬and online courses to integrate internal and external resources and enrich the platform’s contents‭, ‬while becoming a platform for linking WT’s knowledge transmission and communication‭. ‬WT will continue to‭ ‬refine and hold regular course planning workshops in the hope of providing richer training resources to all employees through continuous innovation‭.‬

WT attentively undertakes the best career planning for its employees

Corporate development stems from our belief in the cultivation of talent. WT group stresses the importance of employees’ overall development and creates a working environment suitable for the right people. In a fast-changing environment, in order to equip our employees with the ability to respond to future changes, WT has established a training and development plan to effectively transform learning into work results.

 

In 2021, WT invested a total of NT$3,412,800 in education and training, with a total of 628 training sessions, 16,167 participants and 6,490 training hours. Due to the deadline for the preparation of this report, the overseas subsidiaries only collected education and training data on the Code of Conduct and will continue to improve in 2022 by collecting education and training data on all employees.

 

According to the analysis of job categories, the average training hours of other categories are approximately equal, except for the training hours of junior supervisors, which are fewer. The average training hours for all employees was 2.53 hours, which is less than 0.2 hours different from the total average number of training hours by gender.

 

Want Talent Program, an all-round career development without limits

To provide a better career pathway program, WT launched the ″Want Talent″ elite training program. In addition to soft skills and technical courses, through job rotation training and participation in important projects and largescale conferences, employees can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the core concepts of the company’s operation. Furthermore, senior executives and the human resources department will regularly show care for employees, provide career guidance, and plan individual advancement goals and development, so as to keep them in a changing and challenging work environment. At the same time, salary adjustment and rank promotion has been made according to performance and market standard of the individual, providing market competitive salary and perfect benefits.

 

Inaugurating a digital learning platform, which can be accessed remotely from home

With the advent of the digital era, WT introduced the “WT e-Learning Academy,” a digital learning platform that combines online and in-person learning. Over the past three years, due to the pandemic, learning styles have changed and the proportion of digital learning has increased. Based on our training development plan, WT e-Learning Academy has established five-course categories, combining e-newsletters, knowledge center, and online courses to integrate internal and external resources and enrich the platform’s contents, while becoming a platform for linking WT’s knowledge transmission and communication. WT will continue to refine and hold regular course planning workshops in the hope of providing richer training resources to all colleagues through continuous innovation.