The best job ad ever?

8th June 2015

Was this the best and most honest job ad to appear on the ajarn jobs page? I think it could well be. Here goes.

Far too many better jobs to make this one sound exciting! Lampang wilderness calling

First, this perhaps will not be the first job posting that you have read.

Second, this job offers you just 30 000 baht a month for 20 hours of work.

Third, I'm just not that good at writing job vacancies.

The school is looking for a teacher who cares. Perhaps this teacher will be a young graduate, perhaps a middle aged professional bored with the constant humdrum of western life.

This school really is in the back end of nowhere! It offers you the chance to see the real Thailand - warts and all. The location is remote. The students need real skills to improve not only there own lives, but the lives of their families.

The school is run by Thai people since this is Thailand and any problems that the successful applicant has will be chalked up to experience of cultural learning. You will experience many - but learning about another culture is perhaps one of the reasons you want to come/came to Thailand.

Materials will most probably not be provided and the teacher will have to use the "suck and see" method.

You will be on your own. Why come to somewhere which is run by westerners? Why come to somewhere which is used to foreigners? If you want an experience, then choose this job.

The school will hire a native English speaker. I'm not going to tell you if you can or cannot apply - but the school with hire a native speaker.

If you want to experience real life, then apply and adventure won't be far behind. If you are looking for a safer option, don't come to Thailand. Stay home and go out on Friday night with your crew.

You may wish to choose a more professional job advertised but then again you just might want to try this one.

I await your exciting email, telling me how you would love to experience the real Thailand! (Which I will keep on file and show you when the water doesn't work and you have to go to the local river to take a wash)