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Old 03-06-2004, 18:04
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Moving to thailand

Hi,

Wonder if you could please give some tips on how easy/hard it is to move out there (visa's/wp/etc).

I work in IT so would proberly have to work and live in Bangkok. Not been around there much so whats living there like?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Hi,

Wonder if you could please give some tips on how easy/hard it is to move out there (visa's/wp/etc).

I work in IT so would proberly have to work and live in Bangkok. Not been around there much so whats living there like?

Any help would be appreciated.

Grant
Don't know about Thailand for your industry but IT is definetly hiring in Singapore - Nice central location, bigger bucks...

Maybe worth giving a thought too
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Old 03-06-2004, 18:39
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Cool still close to Phuket . Whats it like there? How easy is it to get in?
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Don't know about Thailand for your industry but IT is definetly hiring in Singapore - Nice central location, bigger bucks...

Maybe worth giving a thought too
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can you give me some agencies names etc
what type of skill shortage is the in silly pore?
i have been loking on certain web site i.e monster/singaore etc ,but they all want s/p nationals with degree`s etc
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Yeah noticed that. they all seem to want people with BC degrees. Going to see if I cant do a internal company transfer out there.
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Guys

The best sectors in Singapore for expats at the moment are IT and Banking....

You can try http://www.jobs.com.sg/

This is a good base from which to start your own searchs.

Unfortunately I am not in these sectors and as such don't know the good agencies for them - My work is on an invitation only basis...

You can also try the forum at www.singaporeexpat.com which has some good leads for these sectors as well...

Best of luck - If you need help on a more fundamental nature in terms of once you know who you are looking for and want some more info or the likes give me a shout...
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Yeah noticed that. they all seem to want people with BC degrees. Going to see if I cant do a internal company transfer out there.
Whats a BC degree - Sorry ah me blur seow lah (I think I have been livign here too long now )
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Most IT jobs are excluded in Thailand from hiring foreign labour.

All the IT guys at the company I work for are Thai, and very good.

Hence there is no way you will get a WP in IT, but there are always exceptions, you just need the break. I do suggest it'll be who you know not what.
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My work is on an invitation only basis...


so what do you do then?
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