{"id":35982,"date":"2025-06-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/?p=35982"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:54:50","slug":"mhesi-nxpo-unveils-thailand-talent-landscape-2025-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/en\/35982\/","title":{"rendered":"MHESI-NXPO unveils Thailand Talent Landscape 2025-2029"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 26 June 2025, NXPO, in collaboration with Iris Consulting, launched Thailand Talent Landscape 2025-2029, a publication presenting the results of a survey and analysis on high-skilled workforce demand in Thailand\u2019s target industries for 2025\u20132029. The publication serves as vital input for workforce development planning to support the country\u2019s future economic priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In his opening address, Dr. Surachai Sathitkunarat, President of NXPO, stated that the survey assessed workforce demand across Thailand\u2019s 10 target industries, identifying critical job positions and the essential skills required for each. The findings offer insights into workforce trends, enabling academic institutions to design education and training programs tailored to industry needs, minimize skill mismatches, and address talent shortages in priority sectors. Achieving this requires an academia-industry co-creation model.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Surachai further emphasized that collaboration among government agencies, the private sector, and academic institutions is key to developing a workforce that meets the demands of future industries and supports the country\u2019s economic and social advancement. In this model, the private sector takes the lead in defining its workforce needs, academic institutions respond by producing graduates with the required competencies, and the government serves as a facilitator.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Surin Khomfoi, Vice President of NXPO, presented key findings from Thailand Talent Lanscape 2025-2029. He highlighted Thailand\u2019s current labor challenges \u2014 notably the impacts of geopolitics, rapid technological change, and the country\u2019s transition into a super-aged society. These challenges are driving Thai higher education institutions to adapt and redesign their educational models. He noted that the survey provides universities with essential direction for curriculum development and workforce planning to better align with national needs. The survey combined qualitative data \u2014 gathered through in-depth interviews with representatives from over 300 organizations spanning large, medium, and small enterprises \u2014 with quantitative data collected via questionnaires. The analysis covered future job positions, key competencies for each role over the next five years, and the average starting salaries for new graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The survey identified a total demand for 1,087,448 high-skilled positions across the 10 target industries over the next five years: Aviation and Logistics (440,573 positions), Smart Electronics and Industrial Robotics \u00a0(226,423 positions), Digital Industry (87,568 positions), Next-Generation Automotive Industry (77,652 positions), Medical Industry (71,207 positions), High-Value Tourism and Health Tourism (60,004 positions), Creative Industry (54,521 positions), Food Processing and Future Food Industry (47,579 positions), Biofuels, Biochemicals, Biotechnology, Circular Economy, and Green Economy (13,372 positions), and Agriculture and Biotechnology (8,649 positions)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Surin concluded by underscoring the transformative power of education in improving livelihoods and enabling the country to overcome the middle-income trap.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The event also featured two panel discussions. The first panel brought together industry leaders to discuss workforce development in their respective sector:<\/p>\n\n\n\n