Exploring Gulf Job Vacancies

Exploring the Gulf Job Market 

Working and living in the Gulf is desirable for plenty of job seekers, especially for those looking for higher savings and luxurious lifestyle. Jobs in the Gulf are numerous and so are the job seekers but sometimes, the means and the ends are not able to meet each other. This generally happens due to the lack of communication between both functions as is the case with Gulf job vacancies and job seekers.

To be able to grab the most suitable job in Gulf, you are required to explore the job market of an area fully. Two things are very important to do so:

• You should try to tap the potential job market across the cities of Gulf as well as Middle East regions.
• Assess yourself honestly to know in which profession and in which city can your personality and skill set fit the best.

These two evaluations would help in focusing your job search in the right direction while giving you more options that are suitable for your profile.

Gulf regions tend to possess magnetic qualities when it comes to hiring expatriates. This means that Gulf is the most preferred career destinations for foreign workforce. Be it Dubai or Abu Dhabi or be it Saudi Arabia or Qatar, Gulf attracts expatriate population in large numbers. So, how is it that in spite of the availability of such countless jobs, many of them remain unknown and unoccupied? The wide availability of workforce from outside the region who would happily take up these jobs is mostly in oblivion about the vacancies. This is because there is a huge hidden job market in the Gulf cities that needs to be explored by the job seekers.

In today's time, you need to smartly search for jobs as there are many out there who have the same qualifications as you do and maybe a better amount of experience. Search for jobs in your field that asks for your kind of experience and skill sets wisely. You may look for these vacancies in newspapers or on company's website. You will get a wider array of choices available on job portals like naukrigulf.com that lists all kinds of jobs and industries in an organized manner. Shortlist some of the most relevant ones and send your CVs to the employers who need manpower that match your qualification and training. Sending it to such companies ensures quick reverts from their side and may be a quicker hiring.

According to industry reports, only 25% of the available jobs in Gulf are advertised through social mediums like newspapers and internet and the rest of 75% are taken through references and contacts. This clearly shows that networking is one of the most important functions required to fetch a well paying job in Gulf. You have a greater chance of success if you have friends or acquaintances connected to Gulf job industry in any way.

Another important task to do is to evaluate yourself, based on your strengths and weaknesses. Enumerate the following carefully:

Strengths:

• The knowledge based skills. (like education, technical ability, experience, training, etc.)
• The transferable skills (like communication skills, analytical problem solving, planning skills, etc.)
• The personal traits or qualities (like dependability, flexibility, hard working, punctual, team player, etc.)

Weaknesses:

• Assess your weakness by minimizing your qualities and put them across your employer in a subtle way.
• Also, offer a solution to overcome that weakness on your own but don't show yourself as a know-it-all personality.

The above strengths and weaknesses task along with strong networking will help you a lot to tap the Gulf job market successfully.

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How to get a Right Job in Dubai

Hunting the Right Job in Dubai

It goes without saying that Dubai has become the place to be not only for professionals looking for a brighter future but also for 'chance' job searchers. Every industry in Dubai is expanding exponentially and creating new job opportunities for people from around the world. A testimony to this growth is the substantial expatriate population in Dubai that continues to multiply every year. Dubai flaunts a great appeal for the people of East and West alike and foreigners feel gravitated to the city for reasons ranging from tourism to business and job hunt.

Dubai presents an extensive playfield for job searchers from around the world in all fields of profession. In a job market as extensive as Dubai, the grass naturally looks greener from a distance but there's a strong chance of getting caught in the wrong job. As mentioned earlier, every industry in Dubai is expanding at a fast rate creating space for more employees in every sector. So, in order to avoid getting into the wrong direction, it is necessary for professionals to stay focused on their own industry and narrow their job search down as per their qualification and experience. Some of the hottest jobs in Dubai include hotel jobs, construction and engineering jobs, teaching jobs and career in IT industry etc. Management and real estate jobs in Dubai are also two of the most popular.

Thousands of people from around the world have found promising careers in Dubai and thousands others are in search of one. One industry that has boomed remarkably over the past few years is property which in turn has created thousands of Jobs in Real Estate Sector in Dubai. Career in Dubai property is said to be one of the most promising of all given the rapid boom that the industry continues to see. Catering to the educational needs of a growing population, new schools, colleges and universities have emerged in Dubai. Many renowned international universities have also opened their regional campuses in Dubai and this all has created thousands of teaching jobs in Dubai.

An astounding aerial view of the city makes it appear to be in the middle of extraordinary construction activity. Dubai is probably the world's only city to rise from desert sand to a bustling metropolis of the world's highest skyscrapers in a matter of years. Behind this ongoing transformation, there is fervent construction that's on 24/7. The construction sector, having grown to gigantic proportions, has also caused an increased demand for construction professionals creating thousands of construction and engineering jobs in Dubai.

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Senior Executive Jobs

Senior Executive Jobs 

Most executives at some point in their career want their Executive CV to include senior executive jobs.

The problem in gaining such positions is that not only are they not advertised, but also that the method of gaining senior executive jobs is not like any other recruitment process you will have been through in your career up to that point.

Why a Senior Executive Job?

Most executives want senior executive jobs, but like many recruiters, I have also noted that many executives once they have gained that desired senior executive position and held it for a period, then wish to give something back to either society in general - normally via an appointment in the charity sector; or by helping junior executives and start-up companies.

However, the most telling initial question I have found, is why do you desire a senior executive job? Many at this point will have a well worked elevator pitch, which talks of natural progression and wishing to stretch oneself to see how far one can go. Honestly, the job application process for senior executives jobs are not about stress testing to the point of personal destruction!

The real motivation behind the question is seeking clarity on what you would personally gain. Natural progression is a secondary personal gain over the three primary personal drivers: money, power or position/title. If you put yourself forward for a senior executive job, expect the questions from the recruiter and employer to get a lot closer and personal than you have ever experienced

Executive Search Firms

Executive Recruitment and particularly for senior executive jobs is normally undertaken via an Executive Search Firm.

Executive headhunters take a clear and defined brief they have worked for with their client. This does not lead on defining the historic person specification, but the business results that the placed candidate will need to deliver. Secondly they want someone who will fit in with team, in the defined cultural way of that company, by adding a combination of: approach, attitude, knowledge, contacts and application.

Executive Recruitment

In Executive Recruitment, you are selling your ability to achieve a required business result. Your success is strategically defined by two criteria:

• Your ability to either be found by or be introduced to the board

• Your mental ability to accept the difference in recruitment approach, and hence research, define and sell (yourself) as the solution to the defined business problem

Hence, success in gaining senior executive jobs means that you need to be known and found by both your network - both personal and online; and with the right message or brand for that brief. The most successful way of achieving consistency in this message - a key issue in Executive Recruitment - is to have a defined Elevator Pitch.

Executive Search

There are three ways that you will find an executive job:

• Approached by a Head hunter

• Approached through or via your own networking

• Direct application

The first two methods are about having the right reputation and results. The third is about knowing the business solution you can bring to that researched organisation, in which you have developed a network insider.

There is a fourth is indirect application, covering:

• Responses to job boards

• Through the employers website

No senior executive jobs in the commercial sector will be found or gained via this fourth method. The only senior executive jobs found via job boards will be those in the government or charity sector, where under European Union fair employment rules, it is compulsory to openly advertise such positions for reasons of fair and open competition.

If you see what appears to be an executive job advertised on a jobs board, your only conclusion is that it is not a senior executive job, and to move on.

Executive Headhunters

Once approached by an executive headhunter or member of a board, be prepared to undertake two exercises quickly.

The first is that as most senior executive jobs are undertaken in secrecy, you will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. Much as though you could have a lawyer read it for you, accept that not many changes will be allowed, and hence aim to seek clarity of undertaking so that should you not be successful, they also are as careful with your information as they expect you to be with theirs.

Secondly, be prepared to undertake a lot of research quickly on the organisation. The selection format and interviews for executive jobs will vary from company to company and head hunter to executive search firm. But, the only consistency will be that you be you, engage with the board members who meet you, and to prove your ability to deliver. Both the former and particularly the later are improved and confirmed by your ability to research the organisation without reliance on their briefings, and see beyond the facts to show the potential the organisation could reach with you on board.

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A Overall Review on Information Technology Job Vacancies

Information Technology Job Vacancies

Recession or no recession, fresh reports suggest that now is a far better time than you may have thought for the information technology job market. According to one survey, permanent private sector jobs in IT across all sectors are growing at the fastest rate since 2007. Salaries are at their highest levels for more than 18 months, signalling a new upsurge in employer confidence.

In fact, with 110,000 people needed to fill jobs in Britain's technology sector each year, renewed efforts are now being made to attract young people into the industry.

Despite reports of overseas outsourcing and potential public sector cuts over the next 12 months, and a possible dip in the number of temporary posts, there are still plenty of opportunities for anyone looking for a job in IT, and strong technical skills will always be highly sought after.

If you're an employer and have an information technology job to fill, there are many benefits to using a specialist IT recruitment agency. One of the biggest advantages is the hours an agency can save an organisation's managers or human resources team. HR staff already have many conflicting demands on their time, and may not have specialist IT knowledge.

In particular, if you're a small business looking for someone to fill an IT role, you're probably already stretched, and your time will be doubly precious. There may simply not be enough hours in the day to write and design job adverts or sift through countless CVs. Equally, you may not happen to have the extensive interviewing skills which someone working for a recruitment agency will have.

IT job agencies are also equipped with all the right technical skills to identify the best candidate for an information technology job. Indeed, agency staff may well have previously worked in the industry themselves.

Agencies are aware of all the latest industry trends, and know exactly what to look for so that selection is as accurate as possible. If you just place adverts yourself, the adverts can be hit and miss.

Rather than going through a jobs board, specialist agencies will go directly to the people they know, making the whole process much quicker and more reliable. By the time you meet candidates, the agency will already have interviewed them personally.

Like any business, an IT recruitment service needs to charge for what it does. But consider the potential cost to your organisation of hiring someone who simply isn't up to the job. It can be a disastrous waste of time and money. Most agencies only seek payment once someone is in post for a few months and doing well.

A good recruitment agency will be with a client every step of the way, from drafting the advertising to advising unsuccessful applicants. With some reports suggesting it can take 12 hours of effort just to get someone into your office for an interview, you can see why employers turn to recruitment agencies.

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