Most of the jobs currently in high demand are not exactly new—which doesn’t mean they’re not red hot. Here are the classics that, till date, have the ability to bring about incomes to support a big ole joint family of 10. You planning on creating your own football team anytime soon?

Information Technology
The Job: Managing the company’s networks and the flow of information within the system.
Starting salary: It varies quite a bit. You can start at anywhere from B15,000-25,000.
How Hot? Sure as hell, IT was and is still up there on the “it” list. However, trends have changed a bit. Statistics show that there’s much more of an interest in the field of networking today when compared to other fields within the same industry. “Unlike computer programming for instance, it’s a bit more straightforward,” says 24-year-old Nopparat Chongvilaiwan, IT Administration Officer at Mizuho Corporate Bank. “You don’t have to sit and think of hard algorithms all day yet at the same time, you feel challenged.”

Engineering
The Job: From designing it, to installing it, to maintaining it and repairing it.
Starting salary: B18,000-25,000
How Hot? “Engineers are a hidden necessity that people fail to recognize and it feels good to know that I’m behind the scene,” says 31-year-old Danai Phattaraphongdilok, Senior Mechanical Engineer at HPC Engineering. They sure make the money and they’re the masterminds behind a lot of things. The fact that they have the knowledge that a lot of us commoners don’t makes this career path pretty hot on the hotness scale. 

Public Relations
The Job: Positive publicity is the name of the game. Think—good reputation, brand value and credibility.
Starting salary: It can range between B10,000-15,000 (plus service charge for hotel industry) for fresh graduates.
How Hot? According to jobsthai.com, it’s still a pretty female dominated field. Today, as corporate competition rises, the demand for PR jobs is growing too. “We all know that it is an image-shaper job,” says 26-year-old Nareerat Thongsook, PR Manager for Rembrant Hotel. “A growing organization requires PR people to create publicity and to make their corporation look more outstanding than the others.” All the way from building up a brand to launching new products and services and even networking events where people socialize without a business focus—she says, it all boils down to one thing: PR!