BangkokPost-Aug 3
Administrative duties top a list of young applicants’ 12 most sought-after jobs, while tourism and hospitality work is least popular, says the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai). The findings were based on around 2 million job seekers who submitted their applications through job placement agency JobThai.com in July this year. “Most job applicants [around 75%] hold a bachelor’s degree or higher,” said Tanit Sorat, vice-chairman of EconThai, adding that they were aged between 20 and 30 years old. A total of 29.7% of candidates applied for administrative work in companies. In second place was factory work (16%), followed by accounting (10.1%). Other jobs, arranged in order of application numbers, are: technicians (10.1%); shipping, import and export (9.85%); engineering (9.59%); retailing (9.31%); human resources (8.33%); customer services and call centers (8.28%); marketing (6.77%); and information technology, electronics and computer software (5.82%). Hotels, restaurants, spas and tourist guides were at the bottom of the list with only 3.63% of applicants. Around half of job applicants (50.8%) live in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, followed by the Eastern Economic Corridor area (15.8%), the Northeast (12.4%), the North (8.31%), the Central Region (7.76%) and the South (4.73%). EconThai said the Thai labor market needed skilled workers, but there were many unskilled people looking for jobs. At present, there are around 490,000-510,000 newly graduated applicants, according to EconThai. Read more at: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2359906/youth-shun-tourism-jobs-in-favour-of-admin-work
