Sensitive souls who have read Alex Garland's The Beach, about a backpacker who finds a tropical Thai island which falls nastily short of idyllic, may think twice about travelling to Thailand for a year. Hardier types may be tempted by the prospect of a year teaching English to pupils aged four to 19, near sandy beaches.

There are opportunities for students, preferably with TEFL experience, to spend a year in Thailand as English teachers. Travel, accommodation and meals are all covered and students also receive a stipend of £300 per month.

There are vacancies starting in January, October and possibly May of this year.

Further details are sketchy; students considering taking up the option would be well advised to consult their careers' office first. The agent for the company is Dr Tom McCarry, 43 Priors Way, Druvant, Swansea, SA2 7UH (tel: 00 44 1792 202 674).

Closer to home, Eircell is seeking staff for its customer support team. Customer-related experience and a good level of PC skills are required (tel: 1-800 487 488).

Meanwhile, Eircell's competitors, Esat Digifone, welcome CVs for technical, IT and sales and marketing vacancies - further information from the human resources department of Esat Digifone, 76 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 (tel: (01) 609 5010).

This Friday is the closing date for receipt of CVs by Amdahl. The company will recruit approximately 25 graduates from computer-related disciplines (diploma to PhD level) in 1998 in three technical areas. Interviews will be held in December and January; applications should be made to the personnel manager of Amdahl Ireland Ltd, Balheary, Swords, Co Dublin (fax: (01) 840 7690).

Finally, Barclays Bank has a graduate presentation this evening at 6 pm in the Gandon Suite South, Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin.