RGC Executive Search, News http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?cgidxid=2 Stigma attached to job loss is fading, but continuous career planning is crucial. One of the key developments in Thailand’s job market since the economic crash of 1997 is that the concept of a job for life in a big company no longer holds water, according to Anthony Ainsworth, director of Richard Glynn Consultants Executive Recruitment Ltd. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=267 With the economic recovery clearly taking hold, albeit not across the board, companies that had previously focused only on cost when hiring middle to senior level staff are now looking to upgrade the quality of their human capital, according to Anthony Ainsworth, director of Richard Glynn Consultants. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=266 Even though there has been a sharp swing in the employment market over the last couple of years, from a reasonable supply of workers to significant shortages in key sectors, companies are still very cost-conscious. Today they are focusing their energies on acquiring fewer but better people to drive their operations, says Anthony Ainsworth, the director of Richard Glynn Consultants Executive Recruitment. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=265 With operational risk rising in a climate of political and economic tension, companies are now looking for better quality revenue generators, and this in turn will require better quality managers, according to Anthony Ainsworth, the head of RGC Executive Search. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=264 A broad perspective of Thailand's development clearly shows that there is a mismatch between what businesses are looking for and what the local educational system is producing, according to Anthony Ainsworth, the head of RGC Executive Search. He believes three very simple skill sets are not being developed within the Thai educational system: conceptualisation, analytical skills and the ability to take initiative. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=263 Thailand is enduring what more optimistic Thais describe as a flat year. The country's image as a place with an exciting business "story" to tell has been tarnished by a political crisis that will leave it with a caretaker government for most of this year. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=262 Significant numbers of female executives are finally being assigned to Asia, as determined women break into its male-dominated, expatriate world. Companies operating in the Asia-Pacific region said they assigned 16 times more women expatriates to the region this year than they did in 2001, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=261 Time to work harder and smarter
While Thailand was off the radar when corporate cost-cutting swept the globe after the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the focus has now switched to secondary markets, executive search experts say. http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=260 Mark Greenwood, the first foreign stockbroker in Thailand, says he still wants to die in the country. But he is not sure right now whether he can live there. "I think people like me feel as if they are having the door slammed in their face," says Mr Greenwood, now a businessman. "Foreigners have made enormous contributions to Thailand, but the messages we are getting now are that Thais don’t need us or want us." http://www.rgc.co.th/web/pagecontent_f.asp?sid=259