Author: Rhiannon Williamson

Cambodia is becoming a popular destination with Western travellers
because it has a stunning and diverse natural landscape, it has
friendly people, it has enjoyed a rich and varied history and
offers up a whole host of exciting and fantastic experiences to
enjoy.
Many of those who visit Cambodia for an extended period of time
fall in love with the country and its people and are determined to
work to help the nation and either settle down or later return to
work in Cambodia.
For people with a dream of helping the country and its citizens to
progress there are various vacancies available annually for aid and
charity workers as well as extensive job openings for teachers. An
alternative to these industries for employment for expats is the
tourism industry which is growing rapidly and bolstering the
economy - this fact means that tourism is now helping to stabilise
Cambodia and therefore jobs in Cambodia for Westerners can be found
mainly in tourism, education or charity fields.
Anyone thinking about moving to live for a while in this
fascinating and stunning country and who would like to know more
specifics about the types of jobs available in Cambodia that
expatriates usually take should find useful tips and insider advice
in this article.
As stated tourism, charity work and education are the main
employment sectors for expatriates but in recent months a
significant amount of exploration has revealed extensive oil and
natural gas reserves in the territorial waters of Cambodia meaning
that this is an alternative field of employment that will likely
open up to external Western contractors in the future.
In the meantime anyone determined to find employment in Cambodia
will find it difficult to source anything remotely unless the
individual in questions approaches a recruitment company specialist
in either the field in which they wish to work or in the country of
Cambodia itself - an alternative is to directly make contact with
the aid agencies who work in Cambodia for example or international
agencies which employ teaching staff for the country's schools.
In terms of teaching jobs there's one big complaint that you will
hear from all those working in the education industry and that is
that the level of pay is very low and consequently the standard of
living that teachers can aspire to in Cambodia is correspondingly
low...however you have to stop and ask yourself why you would want
to teach in Cambodia in the first place - surely those who commit
to teaching in schools in Phnom Penh or even in smaller towns such
as Battambang aren't in it for the money!
The whole thing about working in a country like Cambodia is
gaining invaluable life experience at the same time as enjoying the
travel and adventure that goes hand in hand with working abroad
temporarily in a country where Western expats all band together!
Teachers often find employment in one of the international schools
located in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh or in one of the
language schools dotted across the country, other's work alongside
Khmer teachers in provincial schools mainly teaching English or
teaching other key subjects through the medium of English.
For jobs in all other employment sectors there is a Khmer Website
Directory which lists jobs in many diverse fields. When it comes
to the better paying end of the scale of jobs available in Cambodia
the charities and aid agency employees are relatively well
remunerated which means that the standard of living they can enjoy
is also correspondingly good. Having said that no job in Cambodia
is going to make an employee particularly wealthy, in fact the main
criteria that anyone who is committed to working in Cambodia should
have is a desire to assist rather than to take and to facilitate
development and improvement.

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About the Author:
Rhiannon Williamson writes guides and articles about living and
working in Asia on her site - visit the
site for further specialist advice about working, education and
living in Cambodia