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Gaining employment in the Land of Smiles as a non-Thai national normally means assuming an English teaching position. While there are well paid English teaching jobs in institutions like Thammasat or Chulalongkorn, the vast majority of such positions aren’t terribly well paid.

In fact, don’t expect a high wage for any highly skilled job, teaching or not. It doesn’t sound very promising, but actually if you intend to live in Thailand for a few years, such poorly paid jobs aren’t any trouble because the cost of living is very low in Thailand, the infrastructure is arguably the best in this region of the world, it’s a friendly and safe country, and there’s nonetheless every chance to further your career and gain some decent work experience.

Yet there’s a hidden problem that slowly shows itself after some time: so you’ve been staying in the Land of Smiles for a couple of years, and you’ve gained great work experience, your wage isn’t great, but so what : things are cheap in Thailand so no problem. BUT, do you know what’s coming next? : You haven’t had the opportunity to save much money while you’ve been living in Thailand. The cost of air tickets look incredibly over-priced in comparison to your salary in Thailand. The cost of living in your home country begins to frighten you when you compare your Thai salary. This problem troubles many non-Thai nationals in Thailand a year or two after arriving there. Lasting plans are often put on hold because you don’t have the nest egg of money to put into action any long-term plan like buying a house, buying a car, or getting married.

So, important point : when considering living in Thailand, also consider that you will find it extremely challenging to save meaningful quantities of cash when considering the costs of “back home”.

However, not everything revolves around earning hard cash, does it? You can gain a wonderful experience in Thailand, perhaps learn the language, make new friends, travel around the country when you have time off work, and get yourself some invaluable overseas work experience.

So what kind of job positions can you find in Thailand? Browsing jobs-quality.com – a site listing job positions around the Chonburi and Bangkok districts of Thailand – they have listed HR work placements, Admin work placements, engineering work placements in Thailand, safety officer job positions etc. Essentially the sort of work placements you’d find in your home country. Even though the majority of these jobs may be seeking a Thai speaker, you will still find English-speaking requirements for jobs within many international organizations established in Thailand.