First job proving increasingly elusive for fresh Thai graduates
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Is it getting increasingly harder for new Thai graduates to land their first job? Thai youngsters are encountering a wide range of factors that are affecting their abilities to adapt to the demands of the labour market.
Jobless rate falling, but '230,000 new graduates still out of work'
THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2023
Although unemployment continues to decline as the economy recovers from the pandemic, recent graduates accounted for half of the 460,000 unemployed people in Thailand in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council.
Ministry to prepare 50,000 new graduates for jobs in 'new normal'
MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020
Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said his ministry was working with the Federation of Thai Industries, the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Thai Bankers Association and CAT Telecom to give new graduates new digital skills for professional life after Covid-19.
Future not so bright for new graduates in post-Covid era
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020
It may become very tough for up to 30 per cent of new graduates to find employment in the post-Covid era, the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (ECONThai) estimates.