Job seekers flock to check out the career opportunities on offer at a job fair in Bangkok in July 2012. (Bangkok Post file photo)Parts assembly is the type of businesses that are hiring the largest number of workers in May, according to Employment Department data. The department opened a website in April to allow jobless people to register themselves for Social Security Fund unemployment benefits. The department said it found 62,790 jobs, mainly in the manufacturing sector, for jobless people with social security who have registered at its website. The data showed vocational workers are in high demand at present to support the manufacturing sector, said Varanon Peetiwan, director of the department.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 09:45 UTC