Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

I concur.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

And you think that banter alone deserves 100% more salary? (as someone mentioned earlier that subcontinent staff for with same or more qualifications is 50% cheaper).

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Ali,

Try monstergulf. It appears to be really good with IT jobs.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Thanks mate but I haven't had any luck on this site too :(.

If anyone knows any good recruiters there and can provide their contact details that would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Ali

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Dont worry Ali. Took me about 2 years to find something worth my while. Its slow but it works.

Sites which got me phone calls from recruiters/headhunters and some of the HR people of the companies themselves were naukrigulf, monstergulf and efinancialcareers.

Gulftalent and Bayt were hopeless for me. Id be very surprised if someone got good results out of the other two.

Have you tried approaching people through groups on LinkedIn (search for security middle east, qatar, saudi, etc as keywords).

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Yeah mate I have got accounts on all these sites and have sent quite a few emails to people on LinkedIn but no replies as such. Will keep looking.

thanks,
Ali

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Have you considered IT pre-sales? It's another angle to look at while you're looking for an IT department job.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Yeah, also dont forget the other one, no matter how fawked up the problems are, throw enough money at it, and the problem goes away . (I'm in IT too)

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

+1. If I were the OP, I would seriously re-read this post. What you don't want to do it position yourself in the same basket of eggs as the endless stream of Bangalore IT folks[1] and what you do want to do is position yourself as a UK candidate who understands the company's challenges in the marketplace and who has very strong technical skills and English language skills.

[1] Nothing wrong with these folks, some are very competent, some aren't. But they will almost always undercut you wage and salary wise and there is very little you can do about it. So accept it and work with it.

:thumbsup:

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Is the basic consensus that as a UK IT guy there isn't really any point aiming for the technical positions because they will be taken up by the stream of people from places like India?

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Depends on what IT skills you have.

PC support, forget it. More specialised - networking, storage etc... you may have a better chance.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Nah, its storage and networking as well. Pretty much all except some very high IT management jobs.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

sounds like UK and UAE are in pretty much the same boat as Canada. :getcoat:

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Incorrect. I work in data storage and there are still good packages to be had in the region, even UAE.

Re: IT Professional with 11yrs exp in UK looking for a job in GCC
 

Thanks. I was more referring to the state of things in Canada with particular focus on the GTA. Most junior and mid IT positions you will find filled by Indians and Pakistanis. Its driven IT salaries down a bit.