Recruitment Dubai

JOBS IN DUBAI

The job market in Dubai offers many opportunities for skilled workers as 80% of the working population is expatriate. The government has become increasingly concerned about the high unemployment rate for UAE nationals and is encouraging employers to recruit Emirati graduates. The effect of Emiritisation (the replacement of expatiates with UAE nationals) has made the biggest inroads in government and finance sectors (mostly in banking but with insurance catching up). Banks are now expected to fill recruitment quotas of UAE nationals and failure to do this will result in the restriction of their business activities. The best way for UK graduates to gain employment in this sector is if they have a proven background in this field or are transferred to Dubai by their current employer.

Some of the international companies who have offices here include:

- Legal: Deloitte & Touche, Price Waterhouse Coopers, McKinsey & Co
- Finance: Barclays Capital, Coutts & Co, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Norwich Union Assurance, Zurich Life Assurance
- Construction: Bovis Lend Lease, Costain International. Mott MacDonald Ltd
- Oil & Gas: BP Middle East, Shell Markets (Middle East)
- Other: BBC Worldwide Ltd, British Airways, British American Tobacco, Dow Export GmbH, FedEx, Glaxo Smith Kline Export Ltd, Johnson & Johnson (ME) Inc, Lloyds Register, Microsoft, Reuters Middle East, Rolls Royce International, Unilever Gulf FZE