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Hi all,

I have just spent 3 days sending resumes/cv's and applying fo jobs to a variety of employment agencies in Dubai. Soooooooo bogeye'd now and need a break.
What are the chances of actually getting somewhere job wise? Am I waisting my time?
How has everyone else managed to get a job in Dubai? I work in offices and OH works in the trades.

Hope you're all having a good weekend!!!

Sue.X

how'd you get here? many people get jobs here by hearing about vacancies thru friends. Otherwise, they do what you do.

EMO wrote:Hi all,

I have just spent 3 days sending resumes/cv's and applying fo jobs to a variety of employment agencies in Dubai. Soooooooo bogeye'd now and need a break.
What are the chances of actually getting somewhere job wise? Am I waisting my time?
How has everyone else managed to get a job in Dubai? I work in offices and OH works in the trades.

Hope you're all having a good weekend!!!

Sue.X

If your applying from the UK or outside of the UAE I would have thought that your chances are slim to none right now.

It seems that the situation is not so good all around the world.Most of the bosses are trying to dismiss part of employees to lower the costing,to run the company during the enconomic arisis.

So many people here have been laid off, that the few companies that are taking on are likely to hire locally rather than look abroad for new employees, as so many people will want to stay.

My friend works in rectruitment and says it's a complete disaster at the moment.

It's an employers market, they can have 100's of applicants for each job, so can pick and choose as they see fit. Unless you're in an industry where specialised skillsets are required, I'd say forget it.

Hi Guys,

A big thank you for your honest replies. I's just the same here in France (but without the sun shine lol)

Sue. X

Plus the cost is very much an issue now. There was a report in the newspaper that the companies are hiring singles only especially from the Western countries as they don't want to pay for family housing, tuition etc. AD companies are trying to take advantage by offering 40% of the salaries. I interviewed in AD and the interviewer told me to my face that he could get 2 workers for the kind of money I am making/asking.

EMO wrote:Hi Guys,

A big thank you for your honest replies. I's just the same here in France (but without the sun shine lol)

Sue. X

No sun here for the last 4 days either Sue.

It's really a bad time, take your break and then go on, gl.

Hey EMO I'm in the same boat as u r, I will be graduatin this june from a dubai university.....n chances of employment look slim. Most likely I'll go on n do my Masters in Dubai n den transfer to a university in Britain or Australia. But was kinda hopin to work for 6 mnths to a yr b4 I started my masters. Tough times these........

Good grief! Well let's just hope English is not what you're studying!

Use G's much?

Besides giving good advice regarding "not much hope" - I do understand that the world is in the s**t and not just Europe.

I haven't laughed so much in ages as when I read other peoples replies.

K-Dog - ever heard of that song "the sun will come out tomorrow" sorry, very sad I know but I am LOL. (hehe)

Misery Called Life??? - Only if you want it to be!!!

Chocoholic - "Good grief! Well let's just hope English is not what you're studying! Use G's much?" - You are naughty aren't you!! (lol)

Sue. X

Chocoholic wrote:Good grief! Well let's just hope English is not what you're studying!

Use G's much?

Woman quit bein so stiff! Lemme enjoy my English on dis forum, I find being gramatically correct to be rather boring!

Let me rephrase:

The tenor of the English language entails that to be proficient in the written and spoken word, being grammatically correct is of uttermost essence. But I say; why bother being so 'proper', so long as you get the message across!

erm it's actually your spelling that is quite horrific! And if you think that writing and communicating properly is 'boring' then your attitude has alot to be desired.

It's not being stiff at all! I fail to understand why people who can write perfectly good English, insist on bastardising it so much!

Chocoholic wrote: And if you think that writing and communicating properly is 'boring' then your attitude has alot to be desired.

Alrit granny watevr u say!
But I guess it's jus dat we belong to two different schools of thought! As long as we understand each, other then it's alrit!

Granny? hahahaha I'm hipper than you'll ever know!

Plus it has nothing to do with age or ways of thinking, it's about doing something properly.

If you constantly write like that, it will progress into your everyday work. Do you think people would like to employ or look at cv's, work, dissertations etc from someone who works like that? Not really!

Thanx 4 d constructive critism!
I write this way only on DF, blogs etc.
Perish the thought, if i write like this in the proffessional arena though!

Chocoholic wrote:Granny? hahahaha I'm hipper than you'll ever know!

Hip people don't call themselves hip. I learned that from Sheep In The Big City.

yeah yeah whatever!

Chocoholic wrote:yeah yeah whatever!

Ói! I remember this... I quote:

"Pfff typical 'I don't give a crap' reply - as expected.
With people like you around our planet is pretty much doomed. "

Say Hippy, whats your chocolate on that! Aiyaiyaiyai