Jobs in Dubai
Talk in the workplace cafeteria today is largely about the new visit visa fees just announced in the Dubai newspapers and whether these will have any impact on the attractiveness of Dubai as a work destination of choice for skilled professionals from around the region and beyond. The new fee approved for the six-month multiple entry visa is UAE Dirhams 2,000 however under this category visitors would not be allowed to stay for more than 14 days in the country on each visit. The new visit visas will be of two types: the long stay (three months) that would cost UAE Dirhams 1,000 and the short stay (one month) that would cost UAE Dirhams 500.
Speculation is rife about whether this will have an immediate and adverse impact on the competitiveness of Dubai as a workplace of choice particularly as many jobseekers initially come to Dubai on visit visas to search for jobs in Dubai. In all likelihood it will not. Dubai has emerged as a global business hub and a nucleus of regional commercial/economic activity. The attractiveness of Dubai as a place to live and work is as robust as ever and the demand for top jobs with Dubai’s leading employers shows no sign of abating any more than does the race for top talent that is competitive by global standards to fill the ranks of the prospering local success stories. Long gone are the days when companies had to pay a hardship premium to attract seasoned professionals (its hard to believe that these days even existed); today salary premiums are dictated by the ambitious standards the local corporations have set for themselves in terms of required minimum qualifications and expertise as well as the fierce competition for top talent.
Despite the well-documented recent increases in the cost of living in the UAE (see the Loyalty Survey and Human Resources Overview on www.bayt.com) repeated polls and research conducted by the Middle East’s #1 job site Bayt.com confirm that Dubai shows no signs of losing its unique appeal as a destination of choice for career-mined individuals seeking to participate in a regional success story. In Dubai today, seasoned professionals with top qualifications from all over the world realize they can take part in making history and partake of an economic boom that is not being enjoyed at the current time in many other places. In the Spring 2008 Bayt.com YouGovSiraj Loyalty Survey 80% of UAE residents indicated they feel fully engaged in the work they do and 81% of residents indicated their loyalty to their current organisation is high. Previously this year, the Bayt.com YouGovSiraj 2008 Human Resource Overview, a Middle East salary survey, showed that residents of Dubai were far more likely to respond to increases in the cost of living in Dubai by switching to higher paying jobs or industries than to leave Dubai for their home countries or other countries in the region and beyond. The appeal of Dubai Inc for employers and professionals alike seems robust as ever (leading pan-regional jobsite like www.bayt.com are posting around 6,000 fresh jobs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudia Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, North Africa, the Levant and beyond on an average day) and the unique rhythm, pace and flavour of working in Dubai is likely to continue to attract many more ambitious, highly qualified applicants from around the globe.
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October 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
“The attractiveness of Dubai as a place to live and work is as robust as ever and the demand for top jobs with Dubai’s leading employers…”
With the economic recession hitting the recruitment industry in the past 6 months, how do you think jobs in Dubai will bounce back in the next couple of months? Is Bayt feeling optimistic about the upcoming 2010?