Professional Documents
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JOB SEEKERS
Version: 1.0
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Service charges collected at U.A.Es hotels and restaurants are also a form of indirect taxes.
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Municipal property tax levied on property owners. This tax is passed on to occupants as part of the rent
agreement. In effect, if you live and work in U.A.E, you are indirectly paying property taxes.
Well, actually no, that is not true. While there are no income taxes, value-added taxes (VAT), gross sales taxes (GST),
personal taxes, nor capital gains taxes in U.A.E, there are in fact other types of taxes levied on certain activities such as:
Import tax of 5% is levied on all imports to the UAE. This is perhaps the only formal, direct tax levied in the UAE,
although goods such as tobacco, alcohol, pork products, raw gold for manufacture and arms and ammunition are
subject to higher import tax rates. Even if youre not the importer for these goods, the import tax is normally
passed on to final consumers as part of selling prices.
Road Taxes or Toll fees (SALIK). Some of U.A.Es major routes and thoroughfares are now collecting toll fees from
motorists using these routes.
Additionally, every single municipal or government sector service charges fees, even typing and translation
services.
But the truth is, these causes are seldom the reason for lack of response. Employers always have money to spend
and hire new people; ALWAYS. The reason they didnt respond to your efforts is because your offer to them is not
compelling enough. You did not convince them that you are worth buying.
What are businesses, companies, and employers interested in? One thing: money.
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To convince employers of buying your service, the first thing you need to do is to refine yourself and specialize in
one field and then show them that your specialty can bring them money.
third, sell your specialty by showing employers the benefits of having you
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For example, you may see a job posted on XYZJobs.com. Write down the
company name and the department of the company that posted the job.
Then find the contact information of the company. Then call them up
and ask to speak to the manager of the department that posted the job.
When you are asked by the phone operator for the reason of your call,
say that you have important questions about the posted job description,
and you need clarifications. Speak with confidence and authority. When
you are connected to the manager (be polite, but dont let him/her
intimidate you; he/she is not your manager, yet. Its just someone on the
phone who may be the stupidest person in the world), ask the questions that you have. Ask him what he really
wants in the person who hell hire. Ask what traits he likes, etc. Also, take this opportunity to introduce yourself
and learn the name and, if possible, the email and direct phone number of the manager. This information will
help you target your message to this manager directly.
Tell me: how many job seekers do you suppose will go to this length in order to secure a job? Very few. If you
follow this procedure, you will have instantly put yourself ahead of all job seekers. Additionally, with the
information that you will have acquired through this procedure, you will be able to tailor your application to the
specific requirements of this manager and his department. It will be very hard for them to not consider you for
the job.
For example, if you have 12-years of experience in marketing, in your profile, dont just say A dynamic
professional with 12-years experience in marketing. Instead, emphasize how they can benefit from your 12-years
of experience by saying something like, With my 12-years of marketing experience, Im capable of creating and
executing marketing campaigns that are guaranteed to enhance the brand and perception of [insert company
name] to increase long term profitability.
Whenever you mention one of your strengths, make it clear to the reader how this strength will contribute to their
profitability and make them a better company. Dont make the reader have to think in order to figure out how you
could help them.
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If you follow the outlined procedure in this article, you will never be unemployed again because you will no longer
need employment. Instead, employment will need YOU.
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No 45-year-olds need apply to this Marketing Assistant position. Its common practice for employers to want to
filter-out candidates based on their age. And it is common for candidates in U.A.E to include their age on their CV.
youre applying for the Chief Executive Officer position . If youve done any work, be it freelance,
community work, school project, voluntary or anything, glorify it, exaggerate it, make it sound like the biggest
project in the industry!
Heres a little example:
You didnt:
Efficiently entered data into a spreadsheet
What you did instead is:
Devised an efficient data-entry system that was approved by management and increased productivity by 70%
Youre not lying here. The way you quickly input data into a spreadsheet is a system thats devised by you, and
you kinda mentioned that Excel trick to the boss and he liked it
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Career advisers tell people to have no styling in their CVs probably because they know that most people suck at
styling documents. And thats probably true. So, if you know for sure that you can style your CV and still keep it
clean and easily readable, do it. Otherwise, your photo nicely aligned to the side in the header, with a couple of
4.7 Forget The Clean PK Style CV. You Need a U.A.E Fancy Style CV
thin black borders here and there would do the job. To stay safe, you can have a professional review and
critique your CV for free.
5. CV Emailing Tips:
If your CV is ready for prime time, before you email your CV to anybody,
make sure that you view and adhere to below important guidelines.
They will increase the response you get.
You have to research the recipient of your email first and target
Properties But make sure that your subject line isnt too long. Long subject lines are indicative of spam
content and do not reach the inbox some times.
greeting. Greet the recipient by their actual name. Use Dear Mark or Dear Mrs. Smith. Your message
is much more likely to be read if you did that.
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Dear Sir/Madam is unattractive. Your message will be tossed in the trash folder if you use this
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probably the most important thing. Next in importance is how you present yourself to hiring managers and
recruiters. Your CV/resume is the document that you use to market yourself.
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before recruitment agencies and companies, is because you will want to first familiarize yourself with the job
market, polish your presentation and pitch, and enhance your job hunting skills. Your own network is probably
not as vast as recruitment agencies and companies. Therefore, opportunities from your own network are scarce
and more valuable.
U.A.E Jobs Scams in this area you can find information about the various scams that dishonest
people use to steal money from unsuspecting job hunters.
Article II.
Executive Jobs in U.A.E if youve heard about the high salaries that company executives get
paid in U.A.E and if youre interested in getting a piece of the action, you can find tips and
information here.
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Here are a few more job hunting resources that you may find useful, depending on your current job hunting
phase.
Article III. News by job sector you can also read up on the news in a specific job sector in U.A.E. For
example, accounting jobs in U.A.E, construction jobs in U.A.E, IT jobs in U.A.E, and more. You can
find a complete list on the right sidebar.
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Many job seekers approach recruitment agencies as if the recruiters will find
employment for the candidates just out of kindness in their hearts. Thats not the
case. Think of employment agencies as retailers, your profile is their
merchandise. Using the advice that Im about to give you to bring your profile
from the back and put it right in the showroom or even in the display window
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Dont you wish there were a way to get recruiters in U.A.E work hard to find a job
thats just right for you? You must be wondering: with all the opportunities in
U.A.E, there got to be a company and a position that is just right for me. How can
get recruiters in U.A.E to find that position for me? I will tell you how!
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This is actually easier than it seems. Let me explain: in each recruitment agency there are several
individual recruiters with each recruiter specializing in a specific industry; thats a recruiter for finance
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The real way to get a response from recruitment agencies and get them to work with you in order to find
a job for you is establish direct relationship with them. Well, not with the agency, but with an individual
recruiter who works there.
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and banking, recruiter for IT, recruiter for construction, etc. To get real results out of your job search
effort, you should work directly and personally with the recruiter that specializes in your industry.
Question: what can you do online to find out your expected U.A.E salary?
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I will take you through each one of the bullet points aboveSo lets start
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ONLINE INVESTIGATION
Check out the listings of U.A.E recruitment agencies
For more, check out the the Annex A. recruitment agency listing.
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There are dozens of recruitment agencies in U.A.E. However, only a few of them have fully maintained and up to date
websites that provide salary information. Here are the three recruitment agencies that have listings I recommend you
check for salaries:
Even though the websites above dont have the most user-friendly design and navigation, they do have rich listings that
may give you valuable insight into U.A.E salaries. Be aware, however, that some of these salaries are inflated to
attract applicants or intended for IDEAL candidates.
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Another or additional way to measure your expected U.A.E salary is to check out the listings on U.A.E job sites. Some
employers indicate a salary range in their job postings.
Just like with recruitment agencies, there are dozens of job sites in U.A.E. Here are two that you can start with:
1. Bayt.com http://www.bayt.com
2. NaukriGulf http://naukrigulf.com
For more, check out the the job sites listing.
Do a search for your desired position on those sites, and see if there are postings that indicate a salary range.
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A third way to investigate your expected U.A.E salary online is to use U.A.E salary calculators (which are based on salary
surveys).
The seemingly most comprehensive salary calculator for U.A.E and the one that I would recommend is PayScales.
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The last investigation lead online is Bayts salary survey report for 2009. It could give you some general insight into how
much jobs pay in U.A.E and the Middle East region as a whole. It is available for download here.
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OFFLINE INVESTIGATION
There are several reasons why you might want to do offline salary research, such as:
1. All of the above online methods didnt provide enough information for your specific case
2. You want to confirm your online findings
3. The online research may take longer than this quick offline investigation
Now this kind of salary research should be enough to give you a pretty good idea of what you should expect to be paid
in U.A.E, so that you can plan safely and accurately!
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As always, confirm your answers by calling a few other recruitment agents. You can find their phone numbers in our
recruitment agencies list in Annex A.
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By offline investigation, what I really mean is that you call up a recruitment agency, tell them about your skills and
experience, and ask them about the average salary for a profile like yours. Its easy, quick and effective! I have done it a
couple of times.