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Posted by Stuart at 04:43 PM on January 05, 2006

Back in the first part of December, a website visitor left this comment:

I'm writing because I would love to work in Thailand some day as I love everything about this country and it's people. Born and raised in California and currently reside in San Francisco. I will be finally graduating with a degree in Business and would like to find a job with a US firm that does business in Thailand and allows me to live there but still pays US type salaries. I've heard these jobs are hard to find but thought if I start now I can someday make my dream come true.

Any recommendations on what firms might fit my criteria or what sort of skills I need to acquire to land this sort of job? I known about the demand for English teachers but would prefer not to go that route- looking for more of a business job that pays more.

My reply to him was that he asked the million-dollar question and that since I was a teacher, I really had no advice on getting a business job here. If I did, I'd do my best to get all my friends jobs in Thailand paying American dollars. (Sounds like a good deal to me!)

So I thought I'd throw out the question to see if anyone else had any ideas or thoughts...

Comments

Posted by: Douglas on January 6, 2006 6:17 AM

American jobs in Thailand?

I myself am planning to retire and live in Thailand. I will receive my county pension plus plan to teach in Thailand.

For the individual graduating in business living in San Francisco. Perhaps working for the US government abroad might pay the same salaries as here?

Look forward to other posts and ideas?

Douglas from California

Posted by: Stuart on January 8, 2006 6:03 PM

Thanks for your comment, Douglas. I am not sure how much the US Governement is doing here in Thailand, outside of the Embassy in Bangkok. But your coment made me think of another possible place -- in NGOs like the UN.

Since Thailand is considered a "developing country" (although I would think that it is one of the most-developed in this category), a lot of effort is spent here by the UN and other NGOs on creating "sustainable development". So if someone is interested in using their business skills to help other people in business, then perhaps they could look into some of the UN groups that are working in this area.

I don't know a lot about this field, but I did a quick Google search and found these two sites that might be of interest:

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Division for Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/index.html

UN Development Programme
http://www.undp.org/

Posted by: sheryl serrano on February 13, 2006 9:35 AM

i would like to go in thailand...im now here in macau... is there a work waiting for me there ... example in factory...

Posted by: Shrlyn Aspera on July 8, 2006 4:29 PM

I like to work i thailand particularly in UN thailand but any work may do for me. I graduated Bachelor of Science in Information Technology by porfssion and currently working in Lexmark Research and development Corp.
I'm vying for work in Thailand which i may qualify. Is it possible for me to work there?

Shrly Aspera
Philippines