johnnybangkok

The Sportsman on Sukhumvit Soi 13 is always a good bet.

P.S. It hasn't been the European Cup since 1992. It's the UEFA Champions League.

'Courts are no longer allowed to accept as evidence suspects’ accounts during their re-enactment of serious crimes after laws were amended to prevent a repeat of some high-profile criminal cases in which scapegoats were convicted'

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Legal-experts-query-need-for-crime-re-enactment-30208456.html

Daily Mail - 'news site'.

Now there's an oxymoron.

5 hours ago, mamypoko said:

Could have been worse. She could have had epilepsy .

That reminds me of a story told by a nurse I was going out with many years ago.

She worked in the ER and one night a young guy gets admitted with his privates lacerated to pieces, we are talking hanging by a thread. About 30 minutes later, a young lady gets admitted with a very serious head wound. 

The story unfolds; they are both together and enjoying the delights of oral sex when the young lady takes an epileptic fit. She's biting down hard on the poor young guys manhood and in a fit of panic and not knowing what to do, he picks up a bedside lamp and clumps her over the head with it, knocking her out cold. 

I always called BS on this one but she swore blind it was true.

Still makes me wince to this day. 

Another option other than just a walk in would be to get her to sign up for LinkedIn (and also post her CV on to the jobsDB database). On LinkedIn she can create her own profile but more importantly, it gives her the chance to track down those expat managers Blackcab is referring to. Avoid HR. They only react to existing jobs and won't be entrepreneurial like hiring managers will. For a small fee, she can get an option that allows her to 'inmail' other people on the site and then she just needs an eye catching message that doesn't labour what she doesn't have but rather focuses on what she does have. As I mentioned earlier though, it helps to be focused so she really needs to start working out what kind of industry/job she is looking for and concentrate on that initially.

Good luck!   

15 hours ago, blackcab said:

Take the help graciously offered by @johnnybangkok.

 

Alternatively, consider approaching reasonably sized businesses that are managed by English speaking foreigners. Such businesses are always looking for Thais who speak English well, who understand our way of thinking and who "get it". For us, a degree means little compared to being able to communicate with and trust someone.

 

I am just such a person. One day a few years ago I was managing a business in Bangkok when a very pleasant Thai lady came in looking for work. She spoke great English because she was married to a man from New Zealand. She also had a pleasant personality.

 

I hired her on the spot and she started work the next day. She too had not finished her Bachelors degree, but after I employed her she went back to uni part time to finish it.

 

Fast forward a few years and now she has an MBA and she runs one of our business units. I have to say she is fantastic at her job, which is very well paid.

 

I've never regretted hiring her. She is proof that a degree isn't everything, and that sometimes you just have to hire someone based on what you feel, not just on the facts.

 

Best hiring decision I ever made.

 

Sorry people but I think you are misunderstanding me here. I run an executive level recruitment company so it's unlikely that I can be of direct assistance to this lady. I was just offering advice to give her some direction and tips to help her find a role. James - once she has an idea of what she wants to do, just post it back in the forum and I'm sure I'll see the message and will try my best to help. I can perhaps point her in the right direction but may I say the advice from Blackcab above is pretty spot on and is pretty much my sentiments. Take Blackcabs advice but the important thing is she needs to be proactive and put herself out there. It helps to know which direction this is first though as directing her efforts to a particular industry or job role will yield better results. She may also want to register with as many agencies as  she can, a list of which can be found at http://www.thaiwebsites.com/recruitment.asp? You may also want to have a read of the Ex-Pat Guide to working in Thailand https://www.thailandstarterkit.com/work/work-in-thailand which offers some good, general advice.  

Good luck.

The bureaucracy in this country is ridiculous and is often led by the incompetent practices of the banks. I have moved from Bangkok Bank as they insisted on issuing me one of those stupid Union Pay ATM cards so I went to set up a K Bank account instead. 3 days later and what amounts to over 20 sheets of paper (many in duplicate), I finally managed to get the account set up (honestly I nearly gave up on so many occasions).

I run a business and on a daily basis I must sign at least 10 pieces of paper for many different government departments. And don't get me started when it comes to work permits for myself and my staff. It's as if they are all in cahoots with the paper companies to destroy as many rain forests as they possibly can in as short a time as they can.

I love this place but this is by far my biggest bug bear.     

Fluency in Thai and and near fluency in English will always be an attractive proposition for employers so it certainly won't do her any harm by taking the TOEIC course but a lack of a degree coupled with a lack of practical experience will limit her career options straight away. It's all about what she wants to do so perhaps you can let us know what that is first and I can see if I can help.

P.S. I run a recruitment company. 

5 minutes ago, lupin said:

I'm not an American and I cant stand trump... cant stand obama either.

Even worse then!

I'd expect this kind of idiocy from the Trumpsters but if you don't even like the man, why comment on what is obviously two completely separate situations with two completely separate reasoning's? 

Deflection at it's finest.    

My favourite has to be the time I saw 2 Thai workers, 30 foot off the ground; balancing precariously on a 1 inch metal beam, whilst trying to one-handedly hang one of those 'Safety First' banners you now see on construction sites.

You couldn't make this stuff up. 

https://adecco.co.th/salary-guide

8 hours ago, Just Weird said:

That's just your opinion but what makes you think that my opinion is worth any less than yours, oh great one?

You are entitled to an opinion, but not all opinions are created equal. Some are a great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

For example, if your opinion was that the earth was flat then clearly that opinion is wrong. If your opinion was the sun orbited the earth, again this would clearly be wrong. Likewise your opinion that 'homosexual activity is not normal' and you would not want your son to be taught by a perfectly good teacher just because of their sexual preferences is.............(wait for it).........wrong!  

I have no doubt you believe your opinion is valid and no amount of evidence, facts or logic from myself will shake that opinion (it's called cognitive dissonance by the way). That is a shame as you now have the responsibility of a son, who will likely inherit your opinion on this matter (and many other wrong opinions no doubt),  and find himself increasingly isolated in a world that pays no heed to an opinion from the 1950's. 

In contrast, I'll be teaching my son to be a part of the solution rather than the problem; to understand complex situations through science based facts and peer reviewed evidence and try not to look at a problem through prejudicial eyes. This, I believe, is a much better way for society to move forward.

But then again, that's just my opinion. 

On 2/8/2018 at 4:52 PM, Just Weird said:

I'm not making you repeat yourself, you don't have to comment.

 

I understand enough to know that homosexual activity is not normal for normal people and I also understand enough to know that I would not want my son to be taught anything by one.  Similarly, I would equally not want him to be taught by an unqualified, young foreigner.  This Canadian could be both.  Note that I said could be.

Your opinions are outdated and simply wrong but this site and social media in general gives people whose opinions have little value a soap box that's far greater than what they deserve.

The mighty engine of social progress is fueled by the tears of old, white men afraid of the future and like the dinosaurs you represent, you will eventually become extinct, leaving the rest of us to improve the world through understanding, reasoning and compassion.   

This sort of stipulation in an employment contract would be very difficult to enforce through a court (notwithstanding the costs to recovery ratio) and certainly wouldn't have any impact on your ability to re-enter the country. Schools do this as it's seen as a way to try and stop people breaking the contract but the reality is it's nothing more than scaremongering and has very little legal ramifications. As suggested in previous posts, if you want to leave then just wait until you are paid at the end of the month and then just leave. They won't do anything.  

The yoof these days...no respect I tell ya......wouldn't have happened in my days....wasters all of them.....

Congratulations! You are now officially your dad.

Most business class is the same - nice, fold down beds, good meals, great service etc but at half the price of most business class airlines I think EVA Airlines offer great value and great service. Whenever I can I use them and have never been disappointed.

My missus is expecting next May so I'm curious to hear what people are paying for Nanny's, but this time in Bangkok. 

If not too much trouble, please mention what you are paying and whether that is live-in/live out and what hours you expect them to do. 

Thanks very much.

I use Uber all the time and you don't even need to speak to the driver. He finds you by GPS and since you've already put your destination in when you book, he is guided to where you want to go.

100 times easier than hailing a cab and trying to explain your destination.

11 hours ago, Catoni said:

    "Science can prove they don’t exist."      How can they do that ? ?  How do you prove or disprove existance of something not of the physical universe?    That would be a neat trick...  

           Ghosts.. are obviously not of the physical world.... 

The fact is....Science can NOT prove they don't exist.  But by the same token..... can not prove that they do exist either since  you can't weigh their mass, determine their density, height, weight etc.

There was a $1 million reward set up by the James Randi Educational Foundation in America for anyone who could prove scientifically that paranormal activity was real. This was in 1964. 

It was terminated in 2015 as not one single case was ever presented that passed close scrutiny. Not one. Out of the thousands upon thousands of people claiming ghosts or other paranormal activity not one single one could be proven in 50 years.

Still believe in ghosts?

I got stung by a bee once..................$50 for a pot of honey!!