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How Temporary Contract Positions Can Help Your Long-Term Semiconductor Career

The recent recession changed the way people think about work. While many of the effects of the recession were clearly negative, one of the benefits to come out of it is a broadening of how people view their professional prospects. The past five years have seen an increase in graduate school attendees, the self-employed, and temporary contract workers.

That latter group has grown by about 9% in the last year, according to a survey performed by the American Staffing Association (ASA). While temporary contract positions offer some clear benefits to semiconductor businesses, it may be harder for engineering job candidates with dreams of steady, full-time work to see the appeal. Nonetheless, those temporary positions can pay off for the worker, as well as the company that hires him or her.

In the semiconductor industry, you're not just competing against other companies when it comes to making sales. Hiring a top-notch team of semiconductor engineers is a feat in and of itself. 

The hiring process can be a pain in any industry, but in one as competitive as the semiconductor industry it takes on a new level of difficulty. The fact is, you're busy.

Hiring is often a long, difficult, and time-consuming process. Finding the right fit for a semiconductor technical position is hard enough, but add the time it takes to work out the details of the new position, file all the appropriate paperwork, and get the new employee set up to get started and it's clear what a big commitment a new hire is.

What electronics company buys the most semiconductors? Here’s a hint: The computer company that’s selling the most computer gadgets is the likely answer. And if you guessed Apple, you’d be right. Texas is home to more than 1,200 different electronics companies, top of the list are Apple, Samsung Electronics Dell, and Texas Instruments Education Technology group to name a few. It is no wonder that Texas currently sits at #2 with over 200,000 people employed in the electronics’ industry. Most of the growth is happening in Austin, TX. This is because of companies like Apple with their $300+ million investment in there Austin facility and Samsung’s $4+ billion investment into the Austin Fab. There must be something great in the water down there because analyst are predicting another 30%+ business surge more Austin this year . More electronics companies will be looking to make Austin home than any other place in America.

Do you think Austin could replace the Silicon Valley in 10 years’ time?

Over the year we have followed many discussions about capital investments that semiconductor companies have made in the US, particular in what state and why they picked a particular state. In reviewing the spending of semiconductor companies in the past two years, we see Texas rated number 1 in capital investment. A wide range of reasons are given why semiconductor companies pick Texas and are making it their home sweet home.

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