Job Opportunity For Thai Lady

[Indo-Siam]

Today, I was pleased to add to my company staff a well-qualified Thai woman who contacted me based on her frequenting this discussion forum. She will be running a specialized program for my company part-time, while also completing her MBA. We are under contract to run this program long-term, for a client of our www.bangkokstaff.com service.

I am exploring whether I may be able to come up with a paid research assignment from my www.thaitradedata.com business, that may become the basis for the above lady's MBA thesis. Such an outcome would be a win/win/win situation.

Now - having had one success - I am "returning to the well"here, to see if there are perhaps some other well-qualified Thai women that may be "lurking" here.

I have several requirements - one that has very good potential involves possibly taking over the Incorporation Services Division at my present office, to allow the present occupant of that office to relocate to open a satellite office in another part of Thailand. Or - I might have an opportunity for someone who would be interested in such a position in Phuket - but after training at the Bangkok office for 4-6 weeks. Starting a remote office from nothing is not easy - so that is not a requirement.

This job will typically be Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Bangkok address is Soi Asoke (or Phuket Town, for that office). You will need to be comfortable dealing with Thai government officials at Labor Ministry, Commerce Ministry, Immigration Department, and BOI. You will need to run accounts payable and accounts receivable, and maintain updates to existing budget records.

The main attitiude required is to have a bias toward acting quickly and being results oriented. We set ourselves apart from our competitors by completing processes quickly - usually in 30-40% of the elapsed time of the others.

For a well-qualified individual, this position will start in the 24-28,000 baht per month range, with very strong potential to increase by 50% or more within six months (which is what the present occupant of that position earns). And upwards from there.

I am interested only in non-smoking Thai college graduates, at least 25 years of age (up to 40 is fine). You need to be able to communicate passably in English - spoken and written. Ability to type in both languages is a plus (rapid, accurate typing skills in Thai are a "++"). Previous experience working for a related Thai government agency would be a big plus (that is, if Thai government officials ever move to the private sector).

The office operates in Thai language - only Thais work there. English is used when clients visit, or with me. Most of my instructions are provided via e-mail, in English.

You will run Incorporation Services - we also have a Client Sevices division - and I may soon have a senior opening in that division as well (or I can create a position for the right person - and that position is open to male or female Thai). We are very near the point where I can add to our staff an "inventory" of talented Thais, and then find interesting work for them.

You will be supported by talented co-workers and assistants. We have "processes" and templates defined for most recurring transactions - what you do is quality control, and keeping track of where documents are in the system. So - managing a calendar and keeping track of timelines are required skills.

The downsides:

You will work for me, and I am quite relentless - I insist that days be measured by what was accomplished for clients, and not by filling in the workday with "fluff", just to look busy. I try to move business activity through the company at western pace, which can seem unachievable to some Thai staff. Example - we have a motorcycle courier on staff, to keep documents moving quickly - and I expect him to be used to trim days off the timeline.

You have to have discipline and initiative - although you will work for me, I spend little time in the office. You need to be motivated by helping clients "beat the calendar," not by someone (me) telling you what to do.

You will have to learn to overcome obstacles, and not take "no" for an answer, when you are working on behalf of clients. Whereas many Thais seem to take "no" from a government office as the end of the discussion, you will need to learn how to use "no" as the starting point for achieving "yes." Failure is not an option.

In the rare case where a client deliberately cheats our company, you may need to run the company for a while I am otherwise occupied - or you may need to figure out how to calm me down. We are an honest company, and we give refunds when we for some reason fall short of expectations, but we take a ruthless approach toward people who knowingly cheat us. Actually, I am the ruthless one, and my Thai staff are the ones who hold me back, and cool me off, while they figure out a way to convince the other party to pay attention to its survival instinct.

OK, that's been a long enough post.

Serious inquiries are welcome. You can see more about what we do at:

http://www.thaistartup.com

http://www.bangkokstaff.com

http://www.thaitradedata.com

http://www.siamwebsite.com

http://www.thaisupercool.com

I welcome visits (by appointment) to our office - location as shown at: http://www.thaistartup.com/contact.html

Thanks for your attention.

Steve Sykes

Managing Director

Indo-Siam Group

[email protected]

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