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**RagonaCon** · 09-21-2012, 09:04 PM

Sparky, What you observed is what the reality is.
My questions are:
1. Are there too MANY graduates looking for too FEW jobs?
2. Are there a MISMATCH between what the industry want and what the University can provide
3. Or are the graduates themselves NOT smart, hard working, or with wrong attitudes?.

Over the years I'd interviewed quite a number of Thai for sales position. My perferences are normally fresh grad because I thought they can pick up the skills along the way. Which University they graduated are irrelevant. But personally I rather they not graduated from Chula or Thammasat because they give me the snobbish attitudes when they stepped into my small office. There was one period where I spent more than 3 months to look for 1.... I gave up and fortunetly, an ex-sales decided to come back after going through 2 different companies within 1 year.

BUCKY, The hard fact is that these people are already at the lowest of the physical needs. They can't DOWNGRADE further. Chinese saying is that we need 4 basics (衣吃住行）
Some clothing 衣
A bowl of rice 吃 and drink (these they should do without)
A hut 住
A bicycle / Bus ride 行
Some of us are lucky to be born in a society that a lot of basics are assumed.
Let's say I have 5 million Bahts to retire and I will find it quite hard to continue my lifestyle in Kuala Lumpur. Some of my friends have argued that we need at least 20 Million Bahts to survive comfortably for next 30 years.
So I can DOWNGRADE. The option I have is to retire in CR and I can be quite comfortable if I watch my wallet. I am sure a lot of Farang living in Thailand are having the same cost advantages. But can the some of the gals downgrade further than what they are having now? Perhaps across the Mekong from LOS to LaOS.
Regards.

I was just kidding. Thats why I find it funny seeing those commercials of Thai celebrities urging the Thai to "live within their means" in their clean clothings, big garden, 2 storey bunglow.

09-21-2012, 09:04 PM	#28
RagonaCon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	Sparky, What you observed is what the reality is. My questions are: 1. Are there too MANY graduates looking for too FEW jobs? 2. Are there a MISMATCH between what the industry want and what the University can provide 3. Or are the graduates themselves NOT smart, hard working, or with wrong attitudes?. Over the years I'd interviewed quite a number of Thai for sales position. My perferences are normally fresh grad because I thought they can pick up the skills along the way. Which University they graduated are irrelevant. But personally I rather they not graduated from Chula or Thammasat because they give me the snobbish attitudes when they stepped into my small office. There was one period where I spent more than 3 months to look for 1.... I gave up and fortunetly, an ex-sales decided to come back after going through 2 different companies within 1 year. BUCKY, The hard fact is that these people are already at the lowest of the physical needs. They can't DOWNGRADE further. Chinese saying is that we need 4 basics (衣吃住行） Some clothing 衣 A bowl of rice 吃 and drink (these they should do without) A hut 住 A bicycle / Bus ride 行 Some of us are lucky to be born in a society that a lot of basics are assumed. Let's say I have 5 million Bahts to retire and I will find it quite hard to continue my lifestyle in Kuala Lumpur. Some of my friends have argued that we need at least 20 Million Bahts to survive comfortably for next 30 years. So I can DOWNGRADE. The option I have is to retire in CR and I can be quite comfortable if I watch my wallet. I am sure a lot of Farang living in Thailand are having the same cost advantages. But can the some of the gals downgrade further than what they are having now? Perhaps across the Mekong from LOS to LaOS. Regards. I was just kidding. Thats why I find it funny seeing those commercials of Thai celebrities urging the Thai to "live within their means" in their clean clothings, big garden, 2 storey bunglow.
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