Phuket Wan - Jobs

Layoffs Loom as Pay Pressures Mount on Phuket

Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:52:22 +0700

Latest A high season filled with low expectations is predicted to bring layoffs in the new year. The cycle that enables resorts to retain staff through good and bad seasons no longer works.

Hunt on For Phuket TV Presenter

Phuketwan Reporter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:29:34 +0700

Latest Job A television production company has chosen to begin its hunt for a local TV presenter and asked Phuketwan for help. The going rate: 4000 baht a day, plus expenses.

Phuket's New Worker ID System a Fearful Failure

Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:32:18 +0700

Latest Efforts to register all 100,000 Burmese workers on Phuket are doomed to failure because most of them are actually ethnic Mon, who live in fear of officials.

Phuket Work Permit Crackdown Starts Next Week

Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:33:43 +0700

Latest Work permits and ID cards should be kept handy from November 1 as Phuket officials check for illegal workers. The crackdown applies to all non Thai workers, skilled and unskilled.

Phuket Art Gallery Expats in Work Permit Arrests

Chutima Sidasathian — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:14:33 +0700

Latest News Two expat Phuket art gallery employees were arrested in a police check for work permits and later fined for not having their permits with them.

Phuket Push to Crack Down on 'Working Tourists'

Chutima Sidasathian — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:03:54 +0700

Latest Tourists who come to Phuket then work will be among those being pursued under a crackdown from the end of the month, Phuket's Governor announces.

Phuket Tuk-Tuk Crisis Talks Review Fares, Safety

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:12:18 +0700

Latest Phuket tuk tuk drivers, police and local authorities are reviewing aspects of the tuk tuk tourism turnoff at the direction of Phuket's governor. Suggestions on fares and safety are expected shortly.

Great Holiday Job for Couples in Thailand

Phuketwan Reporter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:29:34 +0700

Latest Back in May Phuketwan suggested the Australian 'best job in the world' campaign would be great for Phuket and now Thailand's tourism chiefs have taken up the idea.

Marriott and Songkla Aim to Lift Resort Standards

Phuketwan Reporters — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:29:40 +0700

Latest A Phuket partnership between Prince of Songkla University and the Marriott group aims to raise the quality of graduates in hospitality and equip them with appropriate skills.

Burmese 'Passports' Mark New Phuket Deal

Phuketwan Reporters — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:05:21 +0700

Latest More than 90,000 lowly workers on Phuket will have the chance to legitimise their labor under a proposal discuss at high level bilateral talks on Saturday

Phuket Lessons in How to Treat Resort Staff

Alan Morison — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:45:03 +0700

Latest Resorts planning on laying off staff this month had better get their timing right or face the wrath of a government determined to make the Asean summit work.

Thais Working Illegally Sent Back by Malaysia

Phuketwan Reporter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:55:56 +0700

Latest Concerns are held that 10 Thais who were caught illegally in Malaysia on an island that rivals Phuket may be whipped with a cane as part of their punishment.

Phuket Navy Crackdown Highlights Fishing Illegals

Chutima Sidasathian — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:23:53 +0700

Latest Large numbers of illegal crew members were apprehended in a six day crackdown on trawlers off Phuket and elsewhere. A new registration system is being introduced.

Phuket's Burma Workers in Mass Registration

Chutima Sidasathian — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:25:05 +0700

Latest A revolutionary scheme to legitimise Burmese labor is now going into action. The result should be a more sensible and stable policy towards Burmese workers.

Update: Evason Resort Makes 68 Redundant

Alan Morison and Suchanya Pramong — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:52:08 +0700

Updated Report Phuketwan has been told by union sources that the Evason management has handed instant termination notices to a large number of staff at the Rawai resort.

Phuket Jobs Fair Attracts Plenty of Candidates

Apinya Saksri — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:37:52 +0700

Photo Album Phuket businesses turn out in force to support a jobs fair at a big retail outlet that attracted plenty of candidates for more than 3000 vacant positions on the island.

Thai Talent Needed for 2000 Phuket Jobs

Apinya Saksri — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:42:46 +0700

The Phuket employment office and retailer HomeWorks have teamed up to organise a local jobs fair with more than 2000 vacancies to be filled.

Phuket Jobless Tide Turns: Resort Cuts Loom

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:17:39 +0700

Latest The outlook on Phuket is bleak as resorts undergo an occupancy slide that will test the nerves of managers and staff. Unpaid leave is becoming more common, along with uncertainty.

Phuket's Screen Stars Join Britney, Victoria, Paris

Alan Morison — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:46:46 +0700

Photo Album Becoming a star of the big screen at Slaughterhouse Intersection on Phuket can lead to good money and a bright future in international publishing.

Phuket Still Hungry for Burmese Workforce

Chutima Sidasathian — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:41:18 +0700

Latest Construction on Phuket is not being slowed by the economic downturn and thousands more Burmese laborers are required, a Parliamentary Labor Commission hears