Hi there,
Nah, I couldn’t start a consultancy, I’d spend too much time on the forum (or Facebook) and not enough time on my clients
http://www.yellowpages.ae/Search.aspx - Search “business consultants”, wait for the page to complete loading as it is a little slow sometimes – 130 odd entries. I’d start with those that are familiar, and those that have websites linked.
There are also a number of various “yellow page” sites for the UAE/ Dubai. There is no standard/ set site. This is due to the fact that there are UAE sites as well as individual emirate sites (Dubai, Sharjah etc.), and then a variety of “yellow pages” put out by various government departments all trying to make money – Dubai Municipality, Department of Economic Development etc. Some are better than others! Googling
["business consultants" dubai], gave me quiet a number of good leads with just a cursory look through. To filter it even more you can use the Google advanced search option and simply look for sites that have the suffix “.com” – denoting company – this way you would avoid sifting through news sites etc.
Else, Google some of the larger companies you are familiar with from Europe, most of the “big ones” (businesses I mean
), have offices in the UAE.
There are plenty of small and sometimes dubious businesses around, if you have any computing background, check for things that arouse your suspicions – incorrect spelling, using yahoo/ hotmail/ gmail addresses, or companies that are not even hosted in the UAE. Most UAE sites have the suffix “.ae”. Basically stay away from these.
Almost every larger company site has a “careers” link; sometimes these are offers, and sometimes only the contact details for the HR department. If you are not applying for a specific position and are simply forwarding a CV to an attended mailbox then re-mail it every 2 weeks. In most cases someone will come along browse through the mails (forwarded CV’s) and delete them if they are not looking for a candidate (spam rules and persistence pays off).
Leave the door knocking until you have some good, established leads (or even interviews), then take the trip out and cover as many of them as possible in one trip.
Here are 3 quick ones to start you off – all done with the above search:
http://www.kcbusinessconsultants.com/
http://www.agnmakconsultants.com/
http://www.isbconline.com/