Are you outside of Dubai?

Look to your right, do you see the links called “Moving to Dubai Topics”. On the linked pages, you can find information about the cost of living in Dubai, visa issues, legal issues, and more.

Starting the actual job search

Before beginning the job hunt, polish your CV/resume. You can do it yourself, or give to a professional to do it for you.

Then start networking by contacting

• Companies
• Recruitment agencies

To maximize your exposure, you can also apply directly to job sites. You can find a list of all of Dubai’s job listings categorized by industry on your right hand side, under “Find a Job in Dubai”

Employers

If you’re a Dubai-based employer looking for high caliber professionals, you can contact our featured recruitment agencies or you can advertise your job openings on one of Dubai’s best job sites. For a listing of Dubai job sites categorized by industry, check out the box on your right hand side, called “Find a Job in Dubai”

The joint venture expects to add 2,000 new jobs by 2020 and estimates that a further 6,000 indirect jobs will be created by a growing aluminium sector in the country. The new company, Emirates Global Aluminium, will be headed by Abdulla Kalban, the current chief executive at Dubal.

The new joint venture is intent on growing its operations. Although it is not clear whether this will be at Dubai’s Jebel Ali facility or in Abu Dhabi.

To read more, please visit The National.

The new schools are opening in Al Khail area and the recruitment is currently underway. There will be over 500 staff members employed at both schools once all phases are complete

The educational group will open its fourth Wellington school in September, offering the National Curriculum of England to students in the Primary Years initially, but will grow to year 13 in the coming years.

To read this article in full, please visit emirates247.com.

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development, has launched the SeedApp fund to create a Mobile Government (m-government) within two years — providing information on everything from health services to emergency information through mobile apps.

Get funding for your idea…

Emiratis who come up with the best ideas for government services’ mobile applications will receive 60 per cent of the funding required to develop and test their idea, and create a company in the Dubai SME business incubator. There will be no limit to the number of applications selected.

To read more about this and to find out how to access this fund, please visit Khaleej Times.

The initiative is designed to provide an opportunity for skilled executives and university graduates to meet Cisco career experts and business leaders who are recruiting for positions at all levels within the company locally.

According to the company, the Cisco Career Day UAE 2013 offers an insightful platform for candidates to connect with Cisco’s local management team as well as providing valuable information about available job openings and opportunities, for experienced sales, presales, consulting & services professionals currently working in the ICT Sector in the UAE.

To read this article in full, please visit Khaleej Times.

1. the Bayt.com Middle East Virtual Job Fair which will be accessible online from May 26 to May 30,
2. and the Bayt.com Hospitality Virtual Job Fair, which will be accessible online from June 9 to June 13.

Employers and job seekers from across the region are invited to participate in the fair, which allows both candidates and employersto interact live, explore various opportunities, and access Bayt.com’s HR tools all from the convenience of their personal computers.

Jobseekers wishing to participate in either virtual fair can register for free at virtualjobfair.bayt.comor hospitality.bayt.com.

To read this press release in full, please visit Bayt.com

The health entity is hiring for its various departments. Candidates are required in fields such as medical, technical and administrative areas.

DHA is in need of: anaesthesia technicians, application administrators, nurses, attendants, audiologist, CCTV technician, cardiac anaesthetist, consultants in internal medicines, nephrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatric, dental assistants, technical ophthalmologists and many other professionals in various categories.

Salaries have already gone up for those in the sector. Figures released by Hays, an international recruitment company, shows that salaries of doctors in the UAE have gone up substantially over the past one year.

To read this article in full, please visit emirates247.com

Speaking to Emirates 247, Chris McFall, Director of Sales and Marketing at Novotel Al Barsha, said: “We plan to hire over 200 staff.” McFall said the hotel will be hiring both local and international talent. “We aim to hire different nationalities to ensure we can attend to any specific requirements and become the ideal staycation for any guest.”

To read this article in full, please visit Emirates247.com

So, what are these soft skills? They are things like:

1. Cultural Awareness
2. Arabic capabilities
3. Regional understanding
4. Cooperative
5. Flexible Team Players
6. Able to manage a team
7. Excellent Communication skills

These are the kind of skills that modern candidates need to possess to set themselves apart from the competition in the Dubai job hunt. To read this article in full, please visit emirates247.com.

The 40 vacant positions at Dubai Habtoor Hotels include that of reservation agents, housekeeping supervisor, cost clerks, outlet cashiers, F&B secretaries, receptionist/attendants, income audit, account payable supervisor, safety supervisor, sales managers and events coordinator.

The Group will be opening four new hotels over the next three years; three hotels on Habtoor Island as well as the Waldorf Astoria on Palm Jumeirah, creating many employment opportunities.

It is open to all Emirati applicants. Successful applicants will have ‘on-the-spot’ interviews.

To read this press release in full, please visit emirates247.com.