The MoL says that the jobs are open to Thais interested in working abroad and hopes that some will be taken up by people laid off in hotel closures such as the recent shutting of the Laguna Beach Resort and the Evason Phuket resort.
The announcement came after MoL officials visited Thai workers and business operators in Macau earlier this month. In meetings, Macau’s hospitality operators requested more Thai staff.
Anyone interested in the positions can register their name and details online here. Qualified workers will be offered free flights to Macau. The deadline for registration is June 12.
For those not keen on working overseas, the Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PEO) has announced that more than 5,000 jobs remain unfilled in Phuket.
The PEO arranged a small job fair at HomeWorks Phuket last Sunday (May 27) to help unemployed people get work.
But, said Phuket Provincial Employment Office Chief Noppadon Ployoodee, there were few visitors, despite promotion through SMS, websites and other media.
Part of the reason, he explained, is that Phuket’s unemployment rate is very low; most people already have jobs.
About 15 former staff of the Evason Phuket were reported to have visited the job fair and promptly got new jobs.
Mr Noppadon said he thought that the majority of the laid-off Evason staff did not bother to go to the job fair “because they want to rest after long years of working with the hotel”.