Heart of gold

Still toooooooo early maybe another hour or so. and just the pne perhaps

Jammy_Dodgers

You have to be cruel to be kind !!!!

If people looked on jobserve they would see that there is only one or two jobs for Dubai advertised every week or two, and they are very specialist.

Shiva, your mate who works in recruitment, can you get their take on things. she doesnt beat around the bush.

Jammy_Dodgers

smartd, what do you think ??

smartd

There will definately be someone that can do what you do cheaper. Anyone that just flies down to dubai without acting proactively to atleast learn about opportunities of their specific field is out for a big surprise.

the least you can do is look up directories and come to visit certain facilities even if you arent there for an interview at least have an idea of what companies in your field are already here. like IT ppl could appreciate a visit to DIC.

my 2 fils.

Cheers,

D

Jammy_Dodgers

Thanks Smartd.
Got my new p910 yesterday.
Saw some of your posts on some other forums, think it was howard or esato......all good stuff rgds JD

shiva

yup, but in a nut shell its dont bloody bother unless you are recruited from youre home country.
the job i just got is one in which ive been in touch with the company in the uk for over a year!!!! pestering them for a job.

shiva

in a nut shell folks its bloody tough out here, time to shatter the illusion.


expat packages are disappearing faster than tony blairs credibility, some co.s are now trying to put expats on local packages now to save money.expect toearn less than you want.

however qualified and experienced you are, it doesnt matter a damn as there will be an indian who is more qualified and experienced than you who will work for half of what you can afford to live on.

accomodation costs are crippling , and i do mean crippling.

i have friends in recruitment, they get an average of 200-400 c.v.s for each job advertised, so its no surprise that most applications just dissapear into the ether. i know for a fact that after the first decent dozen c.v.s the rest get deleted without even being looked at.


and youre passport is key.

they are extrememly racist out here so if you dont have a UK/US or western european passport forget it.when they say us/uk educated they dont just mean education they mean what passport do you hold.


if you want to come here to look for a job, it WILL take about £5000+ and 3 months and even then youd better be bloody well qualified.



on the plus side i love this town its brilliant fun, but cheap it aint. if you do want to come here just make sure you know what its going to take , because for everyone who makes it there are 10's if not 100's who fail.
good luck and open youre eyes

shiva

Jammy_Dodgers

Agreed, even if you have a job to go to, you still need minimum of £10,000 to put down on a rental property, £1000 minimum balance to open a bank account. A few thousand pound more to secure a credit card with a decent limit. Money for a hire car, mobile phone subscription. medical fee to get a visa.

A fair few companies expect you to pay this out and claim it back afterward, so be sure you have a healthy bank balance.

Jellybean

I agree with MT, appreciate that you like to help others but don't put your butt on the line too much....it's a dog eat dog world out here and you better believe it.

Let them do the donkey work, you do enough by just being here anserwing the mundane questions like where to spend NYE .....which after all is much more important.

Sorry newbies, no offence meant but you have to learn to cut those apron strings a little bit and do some research and maybe take a wee risk yourselves...we have, that's why we are here LOL

Truth Speak

Here here!!

Malteser

How could anyone just leave his country and come and work in the ME without having a job and accomodation. Now thats scarey. Took us ages to make the research and to make the big decision. But maybe its a family so thats loads more responsibility. Hey its no joke and not all that glitters is gold. True the life is pretty good but hey what if u have no money, not really fun to be peniless esp in a shopping heaven hehe.....................correct me if Im wrong................

Perfumdiva1

Congratulations Shiva on the job

Hope it all works out well, and don;t have too much of a fab time (jealousy showing through do you think)

My brother is now in Dubai working, so "I shall go to the ball" sometime this year. First, off to Aberdeen in January

Lucky me....

E

lillygirl

I wish sooo much I hadn't started reading this thread

I read it this morning and have been panicing all day!

Can someone please write up positive experiences about things that have worked out for them job wise in Dubai??

Truth Speak

I came here...got a job and havn't looked back...no probs...everything paid for up front....in fact I had a massive overdraft when I arrived......no cash at all


Hows That

TS

lillygirl

Much better!!!

Thanksyou

Anyone else??? Positive stories please!!!