Administration Jobs in South East Asia
So you want to live in Thailand? Usually when people consider living in Thailand, they straightaway think they need to take up an English teaching job to pay their way. While there are highly paid English teaching jobs in universities like Chulalongkorn or Thammasat, most English teaching jobs aren’t terribly well paid.
In point of fact, don’t expect a high salary for any job requiring skills, teaching or not. It sounds like bad news, but actually if you aspire to live in the Land of Smiles for an extended period of time, such poorly paid jobs aren’t too much of a problem since the cost of living is very low in Thailand, the infrastructure is perhaps the best in South East Asia, it’s a safe country, and there’s nonetheless every opportunity to advance your career and gain some useful work experience.
Yet there’s a hidden dilemma that only presents itself after some time: you’ve been working in Thailand for a couple of years, and you’ve gained good work experience, your pay is low, but then again things are cheap in Thailand so no problem. BUT, here’s the rub : You’ve been unable to actually BANK much money while you’ve been working in Thailand. The cost of air tickets look incredibly over-priced compared to your salary. The cost of living in your home country starts to scare you when you compare your Thai salary. This problem troubles many non-Thai nationals in Thailand a year or so after starting work there. Lasting plans can often be delayed because you haven’t the savings to put into action any long-term plan like buying a house, tieing the knot, or even buying a car.
Consequently, key point : when thinking about living in Thailand, it’s smart to also consider that you will find it extremely challenging to bank substantial amounts of hard currency when considering the prices of your home country.
All the same, it’s not all about cash is it? You can gain a wonderful experience in Thailand, perhaps learn the language, make friends, travel around the country in your freetime, and acquire some precious work experience.
So what sort of jobs can you secure in Thailand? Looking at jobs-quality.com - a website listing jobs in the Chonburi and Bangkok areas of Thailand - they have listed HR work placements, Admin job positions, sales executive jobs in Thailand, safety officer work placements etc. Basically the types of positions you’d discover in your home country. While most of these jobs may be seeking a Thai national who speaks Thai, you will still find English-speaking prerequisites for posts within many international organizations established in Thailand.
