Posts Tagged ‘jobs’

Qatar to create 5,200 financial sector jobs this year

By Kipp • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

The number of people employed in the financial services sector in Qatar has increased by an average of 35 percent annually over the last four years, says a financial recruitment firm.


The talent hunt begins…

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, The Work, employment

Dubai firms are recruiting again, but they face a shortage of skilled expat workers.


February 19

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Best of the web, Cover Story

A Time to Kill; How to Be a Billionaire; Do Recalls Really Make Us Safer?; Top 10 Assassination Plots; The Hottest New Handsets; 5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2010


Saudi women’s war to work

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, The Work, employment

Women in KSA are again campaigning to ban men from working in lingerie stores. If successful, the move could create new job opportunities for the rising number of unemployed women in the Kingdom.


Is your company hiring?

By Kipp • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's Blog

The majority of Middle East employers are looking to recruit staff over the next quarter, according to a new survey.


How will emiratization succeed?

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Special report

The UAE government is struggling to encourage more Emiratis to work in the private sector. But they will first have to change the educational and labor conditions in the country, say analysts.


‘Surge’ in expats looking for work in UAE

By Kipp • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Employment prospects are up, despite predicted drop in Dubai’s population this year.


The mystery of the missing masses

By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Work

Officials say the UAE did not witness a mass exodus because of the global financial crisis. But what about all those people who lost their jobs?


Oman allocates $2.4 billion for job creation in 2010

By Kipp • Jan 2nd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Oman has put aside OR937 million ($2.4 billion)...


According to a recent survey, UAE customers are happier with bank services after the financial crisis. Do you agree?

By Aarti Nagraj • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The Work, poll results

The results are in.


Almost half of UAE’s employers to start hiring

By Kipp • Nov 8th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation

Almost 50 percent of employers in the UAE…


Will you ask for a raise in Q4?

By Aarti Nagraj • Sep 27th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Money, Regional, The Work, poll results

The results are in.


How much can you bare?

By Kipp • Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Employees in a boiler factory in France stripped to save their jobs.


Farewell, UAE

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The People

According to reports, the number of Indians living illegally in the UAE has fallen dramatically in the last seven months.


Lebanon’s homecoming headache

By Dana Moukhallati • Apr 21st, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, The Work

Lebanon prides itself for not being affected by the financial crisis. But what about all the people flocking back home and unable to find jobs?


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