Japanese firms promoted themselves to Thai students at a job fair in Bangkok.
As foreign companies expand their business in the country, it’s been getting harder to secure good employees, especially since Chinese and South Korean companies are also among those competing for human resources.
The fair on Wednesday was held at a Bangkok university established to teach Japanese industrial technology to Thais. Officials from more than 70 Japanese firms spoke with students, mainly those set to graduate this year.
They explained their business and benefit programs to some 800 participants. A student said, “I am interested to work as a design engineer. Throughout my 4 years spent in university, I have been exposed to Japanese culture and I can utilize it.”
Hirate Hisanori, the executive chairman at one of the…
