Looking for a job in Thailand

[christianpfc]

Looking for a job in Thailand

If I understood correctly, a few members on these forums are working in Thailand. How did you get the job in Thailand?

I want to find work in Thailand as a chemist, in academia or better industry, preferrably synthetic organic chemistry or fragrance and flavor or research and development or industrial chemistry or analytical chemistry or process development or gas and petrol or chemical engineering or medicinal chemistry or specialty chemicals.

I have been looking for a job in Thailand on the following websites: http://www.jobbkk.com http://www.jobthai.com http://www.jobsdb.com . There is information on http://www.ajarn.com and http://www.thaivisa.com as well. Unfortunately, there is not much that fits my education and career goals. There are jobs in chemistry, but most require only a Bachelor , I have a PhD. There is a lot of chemical industry in Thailand, but the jobs offered are for technicians, managing, sales people, lower personnel, nothing that fits my education and career goals. And I assume that when the job offer is in Thai and good English is required, the job is aimed at Thai nationals even if this is not directly said. I didnтАЩt even get replies on my inquiries if a work visa is offered for the job and what level of Thai is required.

They have strange age brackets: e.g. they are looking for 22-27 year olds, or not above 30 years old, or at least 35 years, in addition often male or female is required. All this is unheard of in Europe.

I could do other jobs as well, everything that is legal, preferrably with a work visa and full social insurance. As long as the job does not involve driving a car or motorcycle, singing or dancing or teaching English. (IтАЩm not a native English speaker, I have no interest in teaching and my attitude towards students is: тАЬHow nice would university be if there were no studentsтАЭ). In general, I am not good in communicating with people, so I canтАЩt take any job in sales, teaching or management. I would even do jobs that do not require a brain. But you can get others to do them much cheaper.

Mininum monthly net salary would be 60,000 Baht. I know I sell myself under value, but this is just to set foot in Thailand in a job that does not exactly fit my education as a lateral career move. And I can have the same standard of living in Thailand for 20,000 Baht less per month than in Europe. And going from a two two-week sex marathons per year to catch up for six months of forced celibacy in Europe to a normal sex life? Priceless.

Of course I canтАЩt give this as a reason in job interviews for my desire to relocate to Thailand. The official version is that I like Thai culture and would like to make a contribution to deepen the Thai-German friendship and to increase mutual cultural understanding.

And the job should be CV-compatible. Should I ever get bored or fed up with Thailand, I want to be able to return to Europe without any disadvantage to my career.

My Thai is basic to intermediate. I canтАЩt take a job that requires fluency in Thai. I think I can become fluent in Thai in a few years if I were living and working in Thailand.

Any suggestions or job offers?

[joe552]

how do you look in white underwear? I'm sure DaBoss will be along shortly with an offer of some kind :occasion9:

[christianpfc]

As I wrote: "can do everything".

[RonanTheBarbarian]

Sounds to me like you will have to be lucky, Christian.

Best of luck all the same...

[newalaan]

Unfortunately, there is not much that fits my education and career goals. This is not answering your question in any way.......BUT let me ask you this. Are you looking to live in Thailand permanently just because of the cheap available sex and that the boys there don't really care about clients 'looks' as they do in farangland? If so, you are off your trolley in my opinon. There are alternatives, wouldn't concentrating on gaining a well paid job in Europe with a decent salary and annual leave conditions so you can afford to travel to Thailand more regularly be better? That way you can live a 'normal' life with good career prospects, salary increments and be able to comfortably afford perhaps an early retirement to Thailand in later years. Scrimping around in a foreign country just to get a regular fuck is insane (if that is the reason).

Even if you can manage to go to Thailand 4 times per year if you have a good position with good salary, the time in between is quite short if you have a good, satisfying career. If you can stay even 2 weeks each visit, thats only 11 weeks between visits. That can pass relatively quickly if you have a full life in farangland. Also looking forward to a visit passes time as you plan what to do on holidays there, and returning visits keep up your appetite, excitement and eagerness for the country.

I won't say much about the possibility of life in Thailand becoming disenchanting after a while, as everyone is different, but after a dozen years of visiting Thailand 3-4 times per year, i find about 1 week to 10 days in one place (Pattaya) is as much as I can enjoy, I have to travel around to keep interested, I love visiting the home of my bf in Issan but could never, ever consider living there permanently.....my brain would be dead after a few months.

Sorry to be absolutely no help with regard to job information, just interested to find out your true reason for wanting to live there permanently.

[adman5000]

Have you looked into any of the Petrochemical/Energy companies in Rayong?-such as PTT. They list open positions on their website. Bayer also has an operation there as well as many other industrial companies. It is just a couple hours ride from Pattaya.

I remember reading somewhere that the Thai factories have to use expats for machinery maintenance as the Thais dont have a clue about maintenance banging something with a wrench is about as far as their maintenance skills go so my guess is that you should be able to find something but you might get it by applying to head office in a western country and not locally what about networking with guys you can look up on that social network for the unemployed LinkUp or whatever its called.

[kittyboy]

If you are interested in University work here is some information.
I work in china for a Hong Kong based university. The pay is excellent and I take frequent trips to thailand during breaks and even long weekends. Flights out of macau are 5,000-10,000 baht depending on season and specials. I have looked into working in thailand but for me it does not make economic sense. If you are interested we have a science program and often have openings.

I had a job offer in the US but decided to move to asia for the travel...proximity to thailand and other spots so I think I understand your impulse to move to thailand, however there are better paying options in close proximity.

Send me a pm if you want more information.

Good luck.


http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/544 ... ty-salary/ (http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/544896-thai-university-salary/)

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/332 ... lecturers/ (http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/332841-average-salary-for-university-lecturers/)

[Irish1972]

Hi,

Try these, Bernie Dardis via email on bdardis@suretank.com I know they had some vacancies in Rayong about a month ago, not sure in what field though.

Or these might be better suited and have a huge operation between BKK and Pattaya, you actually pass it on the way to Pattaya from the airport

http://www.kerrygroup.com/page.asp?pid=420


Hope that helps...good luck!

[christianpfc]

Thanks to everyone for their replies.


Are you looking to live in Thailand permanently just because of the cheap available sex and that the boys there don't really care about clients 'looks' as they do in farangland? If so, you are off your trolley in my opinon.

Thailand is not the best country for my job, I want to go there for cheap living conditions and availability of boys (If I were living there, I think I could skip the pay scene and find enough without money or even a boyfriend.) But I wouldn't plan it permanently, as I said "CV compatible" when circumstances change or I find it's not what I expected I want to be able to go back without disadvantages to my career.


There are alternatives, wouldn't concentrating on gaining a well paid job in Europe with a decent salary and annual leave conditions so you can afford to travel to Thailand more regularly be better? That way you can live a 'normal' life with good career prospects, salary increments and be able to comfortably afford perhaps an early retirement to Thailand in later years. Scrimping around in a foreign country just to get a regular fuck is insane (if that is the reason).

Even if you can manage to go to Thailand 4 times per year if you have a good position with good salary, the time in between is quite short if you have a good, satisfying career. If you can stay even 2 weeks each visit, thats only 11 weeks between visits. That can pass relatively quickly if you have a full life in farangland. Also looking forward to a visit passes time as you plan what to do on holidays there, and returning visits keep up your appetite, excitement and eagerness for the country.

I totally agree. But I wonder where can I get 4 holidays per year with 2 weeks each, that would be 8 weeks, that't two full months, or about 40 working days of holiday.


Scrimping around in a foreign country just to get a regular fuck is insane (if that is the reason).

Scrimping around no, regular fuck yes.


I won't say much about the possibility of life in Thailand becoming disenchanting after a while, as everyone is different, but after a dozen years of visiting Thailand 3-4 times per year, i find about 1 week to 10 days in one place (Pattaya) is as much as I can enjoy, I have to travel around to keep interested, I love visiting the home of my bf in Issan but could never, ever consider living there permanently.....my brain would be dead after a few months.

I have only been for holiday so far, so I can't tell, but I want to find out if I could live and work in Thailand. Travel around - yes, that's what I have in mind, given the cheap transportation and accommodation and availability of boys all over the country.


I remember reading somewhere that the Thai factories have to use expats for machinery maintenance as the Thais dont have a clue about maintenance banging something with a wrench is about as far as their maintenance skills go so my guess is that you should be able to find something but you might get it by applying to head office in a western country and not locally what about networking with guys you can look up on that social network for the unemployed LinkUp or whatever its called.

Cue the recent radar outage at the airport. That's my plan B, to start working for an international concern, first in Europe and then getting transferred to Thailand. (I assume that is far easier, if they bring their own people from the West, to get a work visa because no Thai can do the job.)

[thrillbill]

My work is in Thailand, but I have been to Singapore a few times and a few of the expats have told me it is quite easy to stay in Singapore and look for a job there as long as you have a degree. As you may know, Singapore does not have enough skilled people to fullfill some of the skills/education that a corporation may require. Yes, the Singapore people are highly educated and skilled but there are not people to fill in the "gaps". Go to a job list on the internet for Singapore.

[latintopxxx]

so you claim to have a phd but will work for peanuts....Deleted not funny at all.. flaming DaBoss

where can I get 4 holidays per year with 2 weeks each, that would be 8 weeks, that't two full months, or about 40 working days of holiday....

I don't know about the rest of Europe - but schoolteachers in the UK would go on strike if you suggested CUTTING their holidays to only 40 days a year.
I believe they actually turn up in school around 190 days a year - and on about 10 of those days there aren't even any kids!.

:occasion9:

[ikarus]

. Flights out of macau are 5,000-10,000 baht depending on season and specials.


Are there any gay entertainment venues in Macau?

[Shuee]

i tried job hunting in los, but found mainly that the majority of jobs are for thai only, & falang as specialist in their field, but then these jobs are rarer. so
i had thoughts of working in nearby countries then weekend trips to los, have you considered this?

[bruce_nyc]

I think it's wonderful how everyone has rallied around with excellent input, ideas, strategies, and suggestions.

The only thought that comes to my mind is: Start a business. Make it one that targets Western customers, and one that you can run remotely ( from Thailand ) with only short trips back to Europe occasionally.

Is there anything that can't be done and/or managed remotely with a good internet connection?

You can even have a small office in Thailand and hire locals very cheaply to do some of the most mundane repetitive tasks for your business.

I have a straight friend who has done this for years and he loves it. :-)

[christianpfc]

i had thoughts of working in nearby countries then weekend trips to los, have you considered this?

Yes, I will check in other countries in South-East Asia as well (especially Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China). Who knows, there might be cute gay boys as well?

I think I'm not the right person to start a business. All the legal stuff and taxes and customers and suppliers would be too much to me. I leave that to my employer to deal with!

[iwonderwhy]

I'll share my experience trying to find employment in Thailand.

First, I'll add one more website to your list: http://www.careerjet.co.th/. I've seen some good things here.

I spent 6 months last year trying to find a job in my field in Bangkok while still in the US. I saw many of the job requirements you mentioned - Thai only, specific age requirements, female only, etc. I sent my resume to dozens of firms with a focus on subsidiaries of US and European companies but never heard back from any of them.

I finally was able to speak to the recruiter at one of the companies I was interested in. She told me there were many reasons why they won't consider foreigners (1) they don't want to deal with the visa (2) there is a language issue (3) they wouldn't consider hiring someone who wasn't already located in Thailand (4) they're concerned that foreigners would have unrealistic salary requirements. She suggested that I move to Bangkok if I was really serious and start looking then.

Being a financially conservative person, I was hesitant to do this. Although I was sure i could get a job teaching English, 30k baht per month didn't sound like it would be enough to live comfortably. So I broadened my job search to SE Asia and ended up taking a position in Singapore. Singapore is booming economically. Financially, this was a great decision - more than my salary in the US and with the tax savings it's even better. I go to Bangkok for a 3 day weekend once a month. Travel expenses are quite reasonable.

So is this ideal? After almost a year in Singapore, I'll say it's just ok. Financially, it's great. I'm saving more money than I ever imagined. It's also nice to get to Bangkok regularly. But every Sunday night when I get on the plane to go back to Singapore I feel so sad. If your heart is set on Thailand, living someplace else nearby almost makes it worse (so close yet so far). It's also hard dating Thai guys. On my first trip to Thailand after moving to Singapore, I met the guy of my dreams. I really fell head over heels for him. However, after a month he made it clear that he wouldn't do a long distance relationship. He's been promised so much from so many out of town farang before that he wouldn't do it again.

So what's next? I'm still looking for a long-term position in Bangkok. It's actually easier to look for a position there from Singapore and I think I'll eventually find a decent job. It will just take some time and persistence.

Good luck to you!