What positions do you need to fill in the coming year? What is your strategy for recruiting and hiring new employees to fill those positions? 

Not every company has created a formal recruitment and hiring strategy. But in today’s challenging marketplace, where companies are juggling remote and hybrid workforces, it’s important to have a robust strategy in place to position your company for greater success. In particular, having a well-thought-out strategy can help you stand out from the crowd of companies also struggling to fill vacant — and often critical — positions.

In 2022, we wrote about some of the developments that shook up the semiconductor industry. Now, let’s look at an overview on the updates of four top stories of the year, including lessons learned. Here are our key takeaways:

China remains the top challenge to U.S. national security interests, according to a recently-released National Defense Strategy report from the Pentagon. As a result, the U.S. government is taking steps to reduce or limit commerce with China. Germany and several other EU countries are similarly concerned about China’s dominance and are changing their policies on doing business with China-based companies. 

Reports of lawmakers in the U.S. and Europe considering and implementing strategies to contain the situation have been coming in for the past few months. Here is a roundup of some of the recent efforts (from newest to oldest):