- 無工作經驗21-25歲
Project management for fresh g
Hi, I am an international student who has recently graduated with a bachelor's in Computer science in Taiwan. Apart from core tech CS electives, I have also studied digital marketing, information management, new product development and management, consumer behaviour. Kindly help me with finding an internship in project management. And what skills are required for the same. I'm native in English and can speak beginner level Chinese.
Hi,
Thanks for the question.
Couple suggestions
1) Improve Chinese ability
No matter product or program manager role, communication skills is THE core skill. If you are aiming to work in Taiwan, and cannot communicate in Chinese, you’ll have less opportunity to get interview.
Also, your competitors are perfectly bilingual speaking and writing in English and Chinese.
2) Accumulate leadership experience
Internship is a fancy line item on your resume, but you pretty much doing chores or some side project. It’s very helpful to add value on resume, but not in real life.
Leadership experience is more useful in future. Pick a club, join students council, department council, proactively contribute there. You put your heart on your teammates. You raise your hand to lead/coordinate an event, yearly show for whole school, welcome camping for 200 people. How do you build/lead/drive a team to achieve goal without yelling at them (or you do) …
These are the soft skill with fancy names
—Build relationships, build a team
—Leading without authority
—Influence power
—Negotiation, communication, and listening
3)Build and prepare your resume
There is a lot of resources here in 104.com
Use as many as possible.
Wish you good luck!
Hi there,
It sounds like you’ve built a well-rounded academic foundation. That said, I want to be honest with you about the job market in Taiwan, especially for international students.
The reality is that Taiwan’s job market isn’t very open to non-Mandarin speakers, especially for roles outside of highly technical domains like software engineering. Even in project management or digital marketing, a beginner level of Chinese is often not enough. Most local companies require fluency in Mandarin to handle internal communications, client interactions, or even basic reporting.
While there are jobs listed on platforms like LinkedIn that are open to English-speaking professionals (usually at multinational firms), those roles are limited and very competitive, especially without prior full-time work experience in Taiwan or regional project exposure.
So while I absolutely encourage you to keep applying, especially to international companies, startups with English-speaking teams, or remote-first firms, it's important to adjust expectations. Taiwan is not the easiest place for international jobseekers who don’t speak Mandarin fluently and who don’t already have strong local networks.
