Can I Further My Career Overseas?
Gaining employment in the Land of Smiles as a non-Thai national usually means occupying an English teaching position. Even though there are well paid English teaching positions in universities like Thammasat or Chulalongkorn, most English teaching jobs aren’t terribly well paid.
As a matter of fact, don’t expect a high wage for any job requiring skills, teaching or not. It sounds like bad news, but in reality if you intend to live in the Land of Smiles for a few years, such poorly paid jobs aren’t any trouble because Thailand is a cheap place to live, the infrastructure is perhaps the best in South East Asia, it’s a safe country, and there’s nonetheless every chance to advance your career and get some decent work experience.
But there is a hidden dilemma that slowly presents itself after some time: you’ve been staying in Thailand for a couple of years, and you’ve accumulated great work experience, your wage isn’t great, but so what : things are cheap in Thailand so no problem. HOWEVER, guess what? You’ve been unable to actually BANK money while living in Thailand. Airfares look very over-priced in comparison to your pay in Thailand. The price of things in your home country begins to worry you when thinking about your Thai salary. This problem hits a lot of foreigners in Thailand a few years after arriving there. Lasting future plans can often be delayed because you haven’t the nest egg of money to put into action any long-term plan like purchasing a property, purchasing a car, or tieing the knot..
Consequently, key point : when thinking about living in Thailand, also remember that it is extremely difficult to save substantial quantities of hard currency when thinking about the costs of your home country.
However, it’s not all about cash is it? You can gain a wonderful experience in Thailand, perhaps acquire the Thai language, make friends, go travelling around Thailand when you have time off work, and get some worthwhile work experience.
So what sort of job positions can you get in Thailand? Looking at jobs-quality.com - a site listing job positions in the Chonburi and Bangkok districts of Thailand - they have listed HR work placements, Administration job positions, sales executive work placements, Quality Assurance and Control jobs in Thailand etc. Basically the sort of positions you’d find in your home country. While the majority of these placements may be seeking a Thai speaker, there are still English-speaking prerequisites for work placements within many global organizations established in Thailand.