Taiwan's economic structure changed during the 1960's from an agricultural to an industrial base, and its core industries have developed during the 1980's from labor-intensive to capital- and technology-intensive ones. The future job market will require higher quality manpower, and the demand for technical personnel will grow ever larger.
就台灣經濟結構改變方面來說，民國五十年是主要的分界點，之前為農業社會，之後是工業經濟時代。到了民國七十年代台灣地區經濟發展重心，由勞力密集工業逐漸轉向資本及技術密集工業，就業市場對未來人力素質的要求大為提高，科技人力的需求量就愈來愈多了。