Applicants of various nationalities, experiences and work backgrounds attended the event, which highlighted how domestic job demand remains strong despite a population growth of around 7 per cent over the past 10 years. Vacancies were introduced across all fields, with employers from the health and pharmaceutical, engineering, telecommunications, education, financial, media, sales and marketing, and customer services and administration sectors expressing particularly strong interest for competent and highly-motivated candidates.
“Last year, the employers we invited to the event were pleasantly surprised by the number and quality of candidates that turned up during the inaugural fair. A lot of companies in fact hired applicants on the spot and pledged to further support our nation-wide activities. Despite the impact of the ongoing economic downturn, the UAE’s job market largely remains attractive because of the diversity of its industries and the resilience of its economy, which is why Job Arena is emerging as a much-awaited platform to introduce the latest and best employment opportunities,”
The significant number of openings in service-related positions in particular reflects the rapid growth of the services sector, which has been predicted to generate around 500 million jobs between 2004 and 2015, the majority of which will be concentrated in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
Prominent companies such as Al Ansari Group, Dulsco HR Solutions and ABS CBN, which are represented in Careertunity.com’
