Comments on: Finding Work in Phuket

By: Bromsgrove Photographers

Bromsgrove Photographers — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:22:45 +0000

I have just come back from Phuket – only on holiday, I wasn’t living there. But I spoke to a couple of people who had moved over from the States and the UK who told me it had been so so difficult finding work. Unless you know someone, you really do struggle.

By: gchq careers

gchq careers — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:51:18 +0000

You’re right about the property market. My son had a good plan for developing and selling properly in Thailand but I don’t think he was well connected enough because it didn’t really go well. You need the connections and the research behind you.

By: Photographers in Bromsgrove

Photographers in Bromsgrove — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:07:12 +0000

Hmmm… my daughter wants to spend some time in Thailand and Phuket was one of the options. I’m glad this was posted because we’re trying to do as much research into it as possible. She wanted to do some teaching as that’s what she’s qualified for but I’m not sure if she’ll find it easier now.

By: BK

BK — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:20:40 +0000

I see. Thanks for the additional piece of information. I do have a college degree. Have a great weekend.

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By: Talen

Talen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:07:06 +0000

Even though it isn’t 100% enforced you are also required to have a college degree in order to teach.

By: BK

BK — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:51:49 +0000

I understood why your answers were rather bleak to all those email. It is a challenge to find work in Thailand. Most available works are given to Thais to safeguard their livelihoods. A company employing a foreigner will need to justify that the work the foreigner will be doing cannot be carried out by local.

I am looking to be a language teacher in Thailand for quite a while and I understand that it might not be rewarding in the monentary sense. I was exploring poorer areas where I can reach out to poor kids. However, up till now I am not successful yet as most required language teacher to be native speaker or with TEFL or TESOL certification.

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By: QuaChee

QuaChee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:28:58 +0000

Nice insights. Yes, realised there are quite a fair bit of mags & local island newspapers there.

Btw, do you know how easy or difficult is it to get work permit/ PR in Thailand?

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