duiter Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Dear all, What kind of job is available for NON-English native speaker Farang who have a thick foreign accent and at the same time does not want to become a teacher ? Is there many jobs available for farang who CAN'T speak English fluently and have a thick foreign accent ? Is the prospective employer must prove to Immigration Department that there is NO suitable candidate from Thai ( native Thai ) after advertising the job vacancy ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) Under Thai Law foreigners are prohibited to engage in any of the following occupations. 1. Manual work 2. Work in agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry or fishery excluding specialized work in each particular branch or farm supervision 3. Bricklaying, carpentry or other construction works 4. Wood carving 5. Driving mechanically propelled carried or driving non-mechanically-propelled vehicle, excluding international aircraft piloting 6. Shop attendance 7. Auction 8. Supervising, auditing or giving service in accountancy excluding internal auditing on occasions 9. Cutting or polishing jewelry 10. Haircutting, hairdressing or beauty treatment 11. Cloth weaving by hand 12. Weaving of mate or making products from reeds, rattan, hemp, straw or bamboo pellicle 13. Making of Sa paper by hand 14. Lacquer ware making 15. Making of Thai musical instrument 16. Niello ware making 17. Making of products from gold, silver or gold-copper alloy 18. Bronze ware making 19. Making of Thai dolls 20. Making of mattress or quilt blanket 21. Alms bowls casting 22. Making of silk products by hand 23. Casting of Buddha images 24. Knife making 25. Making of paper of cloth umbrella 26. Shoemaking 27. Hat Making 28. Brokerage or agency excluding brokerage or agency in international trade business 29. Engineering work in civil engineering branch concerning designing and calculation, organization, research, planning, testing, construction supervision or advising excluding specialized work 30. Architectural work concerning designing, drawing of plan, estimating, construction directing or advising 31. Garments making 32. Pottery or ceramic ware making 33. Cigarette making by hand 34. Guide or conducting sightseeing tours 35. Street Vending 36. Type setting of Thai characters by hand 37. Drawing and twisting silk-thread by hand 38. Office or secretarial work 39. Legal or lawsuit services From the Alien Occupational Control Division, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. Now you know what you cant do, will give you a direction to what may be you can. Good luck Edited April 3, 2012 by CharlieH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Basically anything in the above list you can't do. What is left is anything you have a qualification/skill/experience in doing. Unless you have a truly unique skill that is in global demand (eg. finance, international law, engineering, certain IT categories) then the only 3 caveats I can think of are: 1) Be prepared for one almighty pay cut, which in most cases will see your standard of living drop to below what you knew at home 2) Got to be able to communicate with the locals 3) Getting a work permit, but if you are prepared to accept (1) and able to deal with (2) then (3) should come pretty easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEL1 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Can you swing a breeze block from your manhood, and dance at the same time? There maybe an opening there, and you wouldn't need to speak with your thick accent. -mel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stjohnm Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Teach the Language you are a native Speaker of, thats what most people end up doing at some point or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
personchester Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Basically anything in the above list you can't do. What is left is anything you have a qualification/skill/experience in doing. Unless you have a truly unique skill that is in global demand (eg. finance, international law, engineering, certain IT categories) then the only 3 caveats I can think of are: 1) Be prepared for one almighty pay cut, which in most cases will see your standard of living drop to below what you knew at home 2) Got to be able to communicate with the locals 3) Getting a work permit, but if you are prepared to accept (1) and able to deal with (2) then (3) should come pretty easily. You can (because you are legally allowed) walk the Bangkok pavements playing a guitar and singing English songs, your thick English accent might well improve your type of musical entertainment, and your baseball cup will be filled with coins and notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARLIN Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Teach the Language you are a native Speaker of, thats what most people end up doing at some point or other. He's from Glasgow . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalansanitwong Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 You can sell overpriced fake antiques on tables out at Chatukat weekend end market. Some farangs are doing it.Cops don't seem to mind. Your second option is to invest 3 million baht in a beer bar in Pattaya and watch your money dwindle to 500,000 b in two years. Third option is to invest whats left in a fish farm even though youre not a qualified marine biologist. If youre an Indian you can get a job as a salesman in the Indian fabric market next to maha chai rd or ride a bicyle and become a soi loan shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayayay Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thick accent, not so good at english, you are french, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS1 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) may want to give a tour company like Agoda a shot, sometimes these companies need foreign staff to develop webpages in foreign languages. Or go the your embassy and get a list of its chamber of commerce members. Edited April 5, 2012 by KRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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