What Kind Of Job Is Available For Non-English Native Speaker Farang

[duiter]

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

[CharlieH]

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

[samran]

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.

[MEL1]

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.

[Stjohnm]

Teach the Language you are a native Speaker of, thats what most people end up doing at some point or other.

[personchester]

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.

[CARLIN]

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

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[jalansanitwong]

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.

[ayayay]

Thick accent, not so good at english, you are french, right?

[KRS1]

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