Thousands seek hotel jobs

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From The Thaiger

Thousands of job applicants line up Bangkok hotel before sunrise

Not hundreds, but thousands of job applicants showed up to a Bangkok hotel before the sun came up early yesterday morning. Some slept outside to be first in line to file an application at the Miracle Grand Convention Hotel in the Lak Si district. By 4am, 5,000 people were waiting outside the hotel.

he hotel advertised 300 vacant positions and planned to let applicants in at 8am, but with the overwhelming turnout, Miracle Group chairman Aswin Ingkakul says he started the application process an hour early. He even ordered water and snacks for the crowd that had been standing in line for hours.

“We understand they are having hard times. So our staff members were ordered to treat them with respect … We still have jobs, while these applicants do not, so we need to understand them and treat them with kindness.”

While Ingkakul says he was surprised with the high turnout, he says it reflects Thailand’s struggling economy. With 90% decline in visits from foreign tourists and local clients at Miracle hotels, Ingkakul says things can only get better.

The jobs advertised are for various levels at the hotel with salaries starting at 20,000 baht for low level staff. Ingkakul says the hotel will arrange interviews with the top applicants within the next 2 weeks.

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From The Nation

Thailand's GDP contracts 12.2 per cent in second quarter under impact of Coved-19

The Thai economy shrank by 12.2 per cent in the second quarter year on year, the National Economic and Social Development Council said on Monday.

"It is the most severe contraction since the second quarter of the 1998 Asian financial crisis, when GDP had sank by 12.5 per cent,” Thosaporn Sirisumphand, secretary-general of the NESDC, announced on Monday.

Exports, production, private investment, consumption and tourism have been hard hit, and only public spending played a key role in shoring up the economy from April to June, he said.

“Should the country face political turmoil, it would worsen the economic downturn," he said in response to large numbers of anti-government protesters rallying on streets.

The unemployment rate in the second  quarter rose 1.95 per cent, as 745,000 people were unemployed. Of workers protected by the Social Security Fund, 420,000 were laid-off and received jobless benefits from the fund while 1.76 million workers were furloughed. “Should the economy not get better, then 1.76 million workers would be laid-off, but if the economy improves , they will be able to keep their jobs,” he added.

[spoon]

20k baht starting is definitely attractive and during this trying time, im not surprised thousands comes for the chance. 

[Boy69]

Yes it's very generous salaries they offer usually the average salaries are half of this.

[floridarob]

@Michael seems like a lot of people in tourism still out of work 

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, floridarob said:

.....seems like a lot of people in tourism still out of work 

if there are  no tourists, it's no wonder

[Boy69]

It's the same all over the world ...

[TotallyOz]

17 hours ago, floridarob said:

@Michael seems like a lot of people in tourism still out of work 

For sure. And, many have found other jobs doing other things. But, many are also unemployed. I just met 2 people who had temp jobs for 3 months and now going back to work in tourist sector (hotel) but were off for a while. Sex tourism is very slow for sure as well @floridarob I think some boys are back but many have stayed away and most tourists are locals and local expats and not many of either to support what once was.