“We have a huge Emiratisation drive and we’re looking for young talent to join our team. We are trying to identify future-makers at Siemens and we also see the importance of supporting the country. The first thing we look for generally is confident, bright and enthusiastic candidates that are looking to further their careers. We are all about supporting young, local talent and encouraging diversity. More Emiratis are now focused on their careers and we’ve seen a trend of increasing popularity with great private sector companies. We want to offer them the opportunity to work with us.”

“We have a huge Emiratisation drive and we’re looking for young talent to join our team. We are trying to identify future-makers at Siemens and we also see the importance of supporting the country. The first thing we look for generally is confident, bright and enthusiastic candidates that are looking to further their careers. We are all about supporting young, local talent and encouraging diversity. More Emiratis are now focused on their careers and we’ve seen a trend of increasing popularity with great private sector companies. We want to offer them the opportunity to work with us.”

“Emiratisation is important to us because we are a local, family-owned company. We would also like to support the 2021 vision of the country to increase the number of Emiratis in the private sector which ultimately helps in the development of our nation. The roles we are recruiting this year are from different categories: from customer service, cashier jobs to industry specific roles such as electrical engineering, real estate. This year, we have seen several high-quality candidates and have conducted interviews already at the exhibition. By the end of the fair we hope to have made several hires. I would say we have received around 80 CVs quite early on day 2 alone. Careers UAE been here for a long time, for 19 years, which really differentiates it from other exhibitions. Everyone knows about it more than other career fairs. We had good results this year and hired many people through Careers UAE previously.”

“There is a lot of talent in the region. However, a lot of Emiratis don’t know about Cisco. We have a great program solely for Emiratis, either in Sales or Engineering, where we help them improve either their technical or business skills. We’ve found that Careers UAE is a great show to attract more Emiratis so we can help them improve and develop on their skills. This is a great opportunity for us to connect and target with candidates who are not aware of what we do in the IT market and that we’re recruiting for the same. We have seen great talent at the exhibition and received over 300 CV’s, with many of them being quite creative and impressive. We are already running initial interviews and screenings on-site and looking forward to hiring 20-30% of these potential candidates. We are definitely looking to come back next year.”

“It’s our first time exhibiting at Careers UAE. We have seen high quality candidates, interested in job roles across different profiles and have already shortlisted candidates who they’ve met at the show. We are recruiting for a lot of different positions including HR, procurement, administration, reception, document control, researcher communication, funding management, partnership, and communications amongst others. We have shortlisted candidates across HR roles, research positions and other opportunities and are waiting to receive responses following our initial approach.”

“Dubai Air Navigation Services is enacting the direction of Dubai Government towards Emiratization and thus we have established the National Development Program to train Air Traffic Control Officers and Air Traffic Engineers. We are looking for Air Traffic Control Officers; candidates applying for the program can be either High School graduates or University degree holders. This is our fifth round participating at Careers UAE, as it is one of the best platforms that provide access to national talent. We have seen over the years an increase in applications and a general increase in awareness and openness from Emirati candidates to explore extraordinary opportunities offered in the ‘Air Traffic Control’ sector. As an example, last year we received 609 applicants for both programs at the end of the show. This year, we have received 400 CVs on the first day itself.

“According to Dr. Alia Al Serkal, Vice President of People, Learning and Growth, futuristic roles will be primarily in technology, cyber security, IOT, and data scientists – at least in the telecoms sector. We are very committed to developing Emirati careers, whether its people already in the job place or young graduates starting out. From a technical perspective, we focus on roles of the future, so we look at roles pertaining to the internet of things; blockchains, smart city, or cyber security initiatives. In the past, we have recruited good candidates through Careers UAE whether they are graduates or experienced Emiratis. High quality of candidates that have approached us at the show.”

“I take care of Emiratisation, which is an important focus in our company. We enjoyed a successful response at Careers UAE 2019; we had several quality recruitments including our first female Emirati sous chef trainee! We’re definitely looking to replicate that experience this year. At the show, we launched our sous chef trainee program where we look for aspiring talents who would like to be chefs, to come and apply and work with us. We are also looking candidates across other areas including nutrition, procurement, supply chain roles, I.T security, finance and accounting positions.”

It’s been our first time at Careers UAE, here at VISA Middle East, we’re on the lookout for talented youth who are keen to challenge themselves and have the ability to think creatively and are problem solvers. Among the different soft skills crucial to our industry, analytical thinking is key especially as technology plays a huge role in what we do. At Careers UAE, we have promoted our graduate program among the youth, and widened awareness around what we do as well.

“Jumeirah is a major player in the hospitality industry – and hospitality is a core value in locals. We are offering graduate programmes for university students, youth programmes for high school graduates, and some guest-facing roles in the front office and in F&B. We’ve seen a number of high-quality candidates at Careers UAE and have interviewed the candidates we saw potential in, on the spot. These candidates have shown passion for the hospitality industry and a positive attitude; several of them have been shortlisted and are being considered for the next stage of interviews. It’s been good enough to fill up a number of vacancies we have. We’ve had a huge number of applicants this year so would definitely like to come back next year.”