Live and work in Chiang Mai

Silvia, regarding your job hunts, I'd recommend you search/post in the JOBS section to connect with possible employers.

Romaniac
Expat.com Experts Team

Opportunities for foreigners are not easy except for english native speaker as teacher, or well qualified people in area where the Thai can not compete, after some specific call center who recruit foreigners speaking foreigners language, or BOI ( board of investment companies )

Silvia Nucci wrote:

We will be leaving London by mid September and we will be able to work immediately if need to.

It is not possible to work immediately but a Thai citizen can start working same day, as you need a work permit and not allowed to work until it has been accepted, long process which can take some months in some cases.

Except some specific jobs, for example like teacher, for the others the company need to pay the foreigner min 50,000 THB per month depends on nationality ( when a local ca be  pay 15,000 THB per month ) plus they need to recruit 4 locals Thai for each foreign, and need a capital of 2M THB for each work permit, plus pay for work permit, do the calculation and you will understand that it is not for small structure, and only for a well qualified people they can not find in Thai community.

Other points without speaking Thai in the both job you specify it will not be possible to be integrated in a team, and you will feel excluded.

You can start sending your CV to all hotels / restaurants / Tour operator in Chiang Mai to judge by yourself the return you will get, Chiang Mai is small regarding Bangkok and opportunities in these area can be limited

Anyway, good luck to you both.