April 30, 2009
So You Want to Work in Thailand?
Working in Thailand as a non-Thai national usually means occupying an English teaching position. While there are well paid English teaching positions in universities like Thammasat or Chulalongkorn, the vast majority of such teaching positions offer little pay. In fact, don’t expect a high salary for any highly skilled job, teaching or otherwise. It doesn’t sound very promising, but actually if you aspire to live in Thailand for some time, such low salaries aren’t too much of a problem because the cost of living is very low in Thailand, the infrastructure is arguably the best in South East Asia, it’s a friendly and safe country, and you can still crawl up the career ladder because you can have a great work experience in Thailand. But there is an obscured dilemma that only presents itself after some time: you’ve been staying in Thailand for a few years, you’ve accumulated great work experience, your wage isn’t great, but then again things are cheap in Thailand so that’s OK. BUT, guess what? You’ve not been able to save much money while you’ve been working in Thailand. Airfares look ridiculously expensive compared to your salary in Thailand. The price of things in your home country starts to frighten you when you compare your money earned in Thailand. This problem hits a lot of foreigners in Thailand a few years after deciding to work there. Long-term future plans can often be put on hold because you don’t have the nest egg of money to put into action any long-term plan like purchasing a house, buying a car, or getting married.So when considering staying in Thailand, also consider that you will find it very difficult to save meaningful amounts of hard cash when considering the cost of living of your home country. However, it’s not all about money is it? You can have a great time in Thailand, perhaps acquire the Thai language, make new friends, travel around the country in your freetime, and gain some precious work experience. So what kind of job positions can you find in Thailand? Looking at jobs-quality.com - a website listing jobs in and around the Bangkok and Chonburi areas of Thailand - they have listed HR work placements, Administration jobs, sales executive jobs, safety officer jobs etc. Basically the types of job positions you’d find in your home country. While most of these job posts may be looking for a Thai speaker, you will still find English-speaking requirements within many multinational companies.
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