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Finding the right job in Thailand takes more than a good CV. These articles are written for candidates: how to get recruiters to read your CV, how to prepare for and follow up an interview, how to evaluate and negotiate an offer and how to work with a recruitment consultant. Start with how to evaluate a job offer in Thailand, then use the guides on CVs, LinkedIn and interviews to prepare. There is also advice for foreigners looking for work in South East Asia and for staying well at work. When you are ready, see our current vacancies or send us your CV.

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Career advice for candidates

How to Get HR and Recruiters to Actually Read Your CV

Finding a new job in Thailand can feel frustrating. You may send your CV to many employers and hear nothing back. Recruiters often review hundreds of applications each…

Project presentation
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How to Evaluate a Job Offer in Thailand

Getting a job offer is one of the most exciting part after a long process of evaluation. Still, the journey is not over yet, here comes another tough…

Resume2
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CV or Resume? What’s The Difference?

One of the questions that a Recruitment Consultant is always asked is “What is a CV as opposed to a Resume?” CV is an abbreviation for Curriculum Vitae, which…

Change Recruiter
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How to Work Effectively with a Recruiter in Thailand

It won’t come as any surprise that finding a new job can be stressful. As a potential candidate you are putting yourself on the line to be judged…

Weaknesses
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Telephone Interview Tips: How to Succeed in Your First Recruiter Call

Telephone interviews may appear more convenient and in general less scary than face-to-face interviews. You don’t have to worry about travel, getting to the venue on time or…

Right Company
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How to Decide if a Company is Right for You

When applying for a new job, we spend a lot of time thinking about whether we are right for a particular company, but never enough time considering if…

Job Southeast Asia Foreigner
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How Does a Foreigner Find a Job in South East Asia?

With the economies of the world in their current challenging economic statuses more and more job seekers are being lured into the South East Asian job market, but…

Hiring Questions
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Powerful Interview Questions You Should Ask Immediately

You’re at end of an interview and about to breathe a sigh of relief when the interviewer asks:

Negotiate Package
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Negotiating a Better Package

One of the most important things after completing an interview (and getting an opportunity to move jobs) is negotiating a salary package that will ensure you are rewarded…

Company Interview
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How to Research a Company Before an Interview

Good interview preparation goes beyond rehearsing answers. A focused review of the employer helps you understand the role in context, ask better questions and explain why your experience…

Boost Confidence Interview
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How to Boost Your Confidence Before an Interview?

Even the most confident interviewers can get hit with last-minute jitters. Being a little anxious before your interview is usually a good thing. Being too nervous could be…

Interview tips
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10 Interview Tips To Help You Make An Impression

It’s been drummed into our heads since we were at school “failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” Although we might be sick of hearing it, there is…

Prepare for Interview
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Best Questions to Ask Your Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment consultants are there to help you prepare for interviews. We’ll have important details on the company and position you’re applying for, so make use of us! Don’t…

LinkedIn Tips
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10 CV Writing Tips for Job Seekers in Thailand

A CV is definitely not the only way hiring managers judge your suitability for a job. There are lots of other factors like personal traits and technical skills…

Work From Home Effective
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How To Build An Irresistible Personal Brand Online

Having a clear and distinct personal brand is one of the best ways to make yourself stand out to recruiters as an active candidate. Much like branding in…

Company Culture
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Finding the Perfect Company Culture for You

Finding a company culture that suits you is important. It plays a key role in your happiness at work. Company culture consists of more than just the way…

Choose Multiple Job Offer
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How To Choose Between Multiple Job Offers

We talked about handling a job application rejection before, but what happens when the shoe is on the other foot? What happens if you find that you’re faced…

Change Recruiter
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Is It Time To Change Your Recruiter?

If you are starting to have doubts about your recruiter, it might be time to jump ship.

Professional Photo
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How to Take the Perfect Professional Photo

As the old saying goes “A picture is worth a thousand words.” As you start to prepare your photo to submit with your CV, this saying becomes even…

Job Interview Rejection
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How to Bounce Back from a Job Interview Rejection

It can be pretty disheartening when you’ve done everything in your power to ace an interview and then find out a couple of days later that you’ve been…

Ask Questions to Recruiter
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How To Explain Your Weaknesses As A Candidate

As a candidate, you need to be ready for any question during a job interview. One topic that most people hope won’t come up is weaknesses. Unfortunately, the…

LinkedIn Tips
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9 Ways to Jazz Up Your LinkedIn Profile

So you are looking for a new job? Why don’t you give yourself a shoutout on LinkedIn?

Candidate
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Tips for Preparing for the Interview – MUST DO

When it comes to making an impression, it can go both ways for a first timer, especially if it’s an interview for your dream job. Undoubtedly, you would…

Interview Questions
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Top 10 Questions all Hiring Managers Ask

When you applied for a job and got a call for an interview, various questions will be asked. The better prepared you are, the more successful your interview…

Professional LinkedIn
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5 Essentials to Stay Professional on LinkedIn

These days there’s no big surprise that Linkedin has become a partner of business’s success. It connects people in various business industries, clients, business partners, colleagues. With the…

Interview tips
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Do you have any question?: Questions to ask in the job interview

Why the interview is so important: it can show who you are through your way of analytical thinking process behind your answer to each question. Do not worried…

Interview Follow up
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Tips For a Candidate to Follow Up After a Job Interview

​Is it important to follow up after the interview? Does it make any differences? The answer is yes, however, there are both appropriate ways and inappropriate ways for…

Resume Recruiter
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5 Things Recruiters Notice First on Your Resume

When you start looking for a job, it is important to start by putting some extra time and effort on your improving CV. Why? It is because when…

Noticed by Recruiter
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3 Easy Steps to ​the Best Way to Get Noticed by a Recruiter

When candidates are looking for a new job, we all know that not everyone gets approached by the recruiters and Hiring Managers. Candidates often struggle to understand why…

Recruiter help Hiring Process
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After Job Interview: How Can Recruiters Help You in the Hiring Process

When it comes to recruitment, recruiters play many essential roles. The responsibilities of recruiters include reviewing a candidate’s work experiences, arranging the interview, negotiating salaries, and placing candidates…

Internship Guide
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The Perfect Guide to Land on Your Dream Internship

Internship period is the most important time during your student life. It prepares you to readily work in the real world and let you discover yourself before committing…

Get Hired
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What Would You Do to Ensure You Get Hired?

What Would You Do to Ensure You Get Hired? Ensuring you get the job is 100% about being prepared for the whole process. Really want to get hired?…

Contract job
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Good Things About Fixed Term and Contract Job Opportunities

To get a permanent and stable job has always been such a norm for most of the job seekers. Work at the same company and stay for more…

CV Guideline
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What Should Be and Should Not Be in CV?

if you are wondering What is CV? or How to make a good CV? There are many do’s and don’ts when creating a perfect resume which could critically…

Before Apply for Job
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Getting Ready Before Applying for a Job

Have you ever found a job that you feel like it is perfectly made for you? Every experience, every qualification, and even the background meets you. You, with…

Get Laid Off
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What to Do if I Get Laid Off? (Video)

What should we do if we are unemployed or even get terminated? These are the important things that both employers and employees should know when it comes to…

Resume Notice
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What Do Recruiters Notice First on Your Resume? (Video)

Tips on what you should focus on and put on your priority list when creating your CV. One of the most frequently asked questions for job seekers are…

Right Suitable Job
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Which job is right and suitable for us? Let’s get to know more about yourself! (Video)

Talking about career path, at a certain point in life, people may wonder if they are currently doing well on the job, or if the job suit each…

Prepare Video Interview
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6 Tips on How to Prepare for a Video Interview

As Video interviews are becoming a common practice in hiring, as more companies are using HR technology tools to be more efficient in the way they recruit new…

Why Recruiters Reject You
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10 Most Common Reasons Why the Recruiter Will Reject You

With Thailand’s job market showing signs of recovery at the later parts of 2021, candidates are looking for potential career changes and the daunting part of interviewing and…

Work Life Balance Header
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12 Key Strategies to Achieving a Work-Life Balance

Striking a healthy work-life balance is a difficult challenge even in the best of times, but it is more daunting and necessary during times of economic downturn from…

Dealing with Different Mindset Colleague
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How to Deal with Your Colleague Who Has a Different Mindset?

When working, focusing on your job is the most important role but there are a lot of factors that could supports and/or slows down the work progress. Being…

SSR NEWEMP HEADER
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6 Easy Tips for New Employee in an Organization

Moving into your new work environment could be a difficult thing but there’s no need to panic! We all been through this before like when you’re the new…

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How to Prevent Office Syndrome?

Office workers make up the majority of modern city life which they spend their days sitting in the same position and staring at computer screens for a long…

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