Job fair to aid flood-hit workers

Over 100 large and small leading Japanese companies in automotive, electrical and related supporting industries, as well as service providers will join a job fair, hosted for flood-hit workers and the unemployed.

These companies are in need of more work-force to facilitate their business expansion in Thailand.

"Most Japanese companies have expressed their strong commitment to further invest in Thailand and would require more manpower to facilitate the investment plans," said Kyoichi Tanada, president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok (JCCB).

"Most job vacancies are engineer, skilled-labor and unskilled labour. Types of business range from automobile and parts, electrical and electronics, metal working, service industries and others. With a wide range of jobs and company locations on offer, workers can choose to return to the same fields of practice or to work close to their hometowns."

Hosted by JCCB and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, the job fair is on February 16, 2012. Taking place between 8.30am-4pm at the parking lot of Ayudhaya Park Mall, Ayutthaya, the event functions as a job matching activity between Japanese enterprises and flood-hit workers and the unemployed.

"The job-matching event Thai-Yipun Kao Pai Duay Kan aims to help workers, who were laid off by flood-hit businesses, get back to their jobs in a timely manner. While some companies cannot yet resume their operations, there is an increasing demand for labor in the central, eastern and southeastern regions. Through this event, suitable matching between workers in affected areas and Japanese affiliated companies in various areas of Thailand is expected to increase. JETRO expects that this event will contribute to the early recovery of Thai economy," said Setsuo Iuchi, president of JETRO Bangkok.