Phuket officials sign agreement to address labour shortage in tourism, hospitality

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Representatives of Phuket’s business sector and the Office of Vocational Education Commission have signed an agreement aimed at tackling the labour shortage on the island. The Bangkok Post reports that under the agreement, vocational institutes would provide graduates and part-time students to the tourism and service industries.

 

Latest figures show the island currently needs around 30,000 additional workers.

 

Multiple sectors of Phuket’s hospitality and tourism economy have been screaming for new staff to keep their businesses growing following the new influx of tourists since October last year.

 

Somporn Pandam, deputy secretary-general of the OVEC, says study courses can be adjusted to allow suitably-qualified graduates to take up work immediately after graduating. He says the Phuket model could serve as a pilot for other vocational institutes and businesses around the country.

 

Phuket’s tourism sector is bouncing back in a big way, following Covid-19, but with countless workers having left the province during the pandemic, the island is experiencing an extreme labour shortage. Many former workers in the tourism sector have not returned or are now working in other sectors.

 

The director of Phuket Vocational College, Witthaya Ketchu, says his institute has played an important role in trying to address the problem, by holding job fairs and inviting skilled graduates from elsewhere in the region to attend.

 

“The agreement signed today is also for over 3,000 business firms and 48 educational institutes under OVEC to arrange for students to work part-time in Phuket during their vacation. It is hoped this would help solve the labour shortage in the province.”

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew, who was one of the signatories to yesterday’s agreement, says addressing the labour shortage is critical to the island’s bid to host the 2028 Specialised Expo and to promoting Phuket as an international medical hub within the next 5 years.

 

Source: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/phuket-officials-sign-agreement-to-address-labour-shortage-in-tourism-hospitality/

 

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[ikke1959]

holiday jobs.... sure it will help temporarily the problem, if there is enough paid and working hours are also normal instead of 12 hours or more a day

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

My wife would love to take such a job with her extensive hotel and restaurant experience. But she and countless others like her will point to their ridiculous requirements, that they really ought to scrap:

 

1. University degree.

2. Under 30 only.

 

Oh well. We're just waiting on her I-130, as the US is more than happy to take her at $20+ USD/hr.

[3NUMBAS]

with a cost of livng crisis many jobs are very casual and unreliable

and wont last

[bangon04]

"would provide graduates and part-time students to the tourism and service industries"

yes you need a Thai masters degree in economics to be a cashier, and a Thai BS degree to be a waitress (notice I used the female word deliberately).