How people get jobs in UAE while sitting in Pakistan

Everything looks easy when somebody else does it

Let's face it, excluding a massive parchee, Dubai has a highly competitive labor market, and if you're looking to go there you need to stand out from the bunch + already have a job in the first place + reach out to firms or have recruiting agencies to reach out to you + have ALOT of luck.

So coming to what ^ said what's your qualification, which industry and at which level do you work?

depends on what type of a job u want ,,, food industry requires a lot of people , managers ,sub managers , then there is the banks / media / etc , depends on your qualification , and most of all luck , i would agree you have to stand tall from the crowd , cut throat competition hey ---most likely a job would go to an indian coz he will be willing to get paid even less then you .

it happens .or if you have a friend / relative who can get you in is another story ...top level management jobs are there but requier a good deal of experience

kamran saeed said:

Iam not looking for high end job and what iam looking you clearly write in ur comment like mangwr/ sub manger in fast food.not even thinking to go in bank as already fed up of bank job and dont wanna go back in it again bcz one thing i realize that if you have to stay in bank you have to comprmise on your self respect thats it.

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Self respect ? Could you shed some light on that please ?

kamran saeed said:

even a customer is at fault and he start yelling andabuse you and you just ask him why did you abuse me ou will received a complaint against you and authorties will not see what happen what they demand you is to call the customer and say sorry to him even fault was on his side and he abused you and you just asked why did you abuse me .this is just a a small example of routine.customer can abuse you but you have to say yes sir if you do anything else you will be receive treatment

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I'm studying for the CFA, and the curriculum and the people who are giving it + the ones who have it say this:

The priority of people goes something like this:

1) The Client.
2) The employer
3) The Law
4) And then finally there's you.

My point is, even one of the most respected people in Finance (and no I am not implying CFAs are better worse than FRMS, CAs, MBAs, just making a point) understand they are at the bottom of the wrung. And its just business. So take the personal out of it, people who don't, don't get very far in life.

Look at all the greatest businessmen of our time, they all understand that very simple fact, even if you're the CEO you're still at the bottom of the wrung.

Applying to UAE or anywhere in MEA is pretty straight forward with some additional steps besides the usual job hunting.


Your resume should have a local UAE phone number listed.

Traditional businesses don't even bother looking at resumes that aren't locally accessible quickly.

IT Sector, MNCs sometimes get on skype and call people but thats rare.

NO ONE wants to hire someone outside the country, its simply stupid.

So what do you need?

YOU NEED a local UAE phone number on your resume. Be it a colleague living there, some relative, whoever.

So when you apply for jobs and they get a call, they schedule interview for you OR inform you so you can directly contact the company.

RESUMES with Local phone numbers have 90% more chances of getting a call for interview than a resume without it.

NOW.....

Schedule all your interviews in the most confined time you can. So you go there only once/ twice a year and cover all the interviews in one single trip than to make random expensive trips. Unless you get plane tickets for free.

Apply for jobs using job websites, local newspapers and REFERENCES.

If you don't have any references, you're gonna have a tough time.

Companies prefer hiring by reference a lot more than external hiring because they get to see resumes from people fit the job immediately rather than pay for an ad, wait for candidates and then sort them out.


But all is not dark.

Apply everywhere, write it in the email / cover letter that you're ready on skype 24/7

Customize your resume to fit the job description you want

Do a short course or pick up a skill in the job description youre interested in.

Syavash said:

I'm studying for the CFA, and the curriculum and the people who are giving it + the ones who have it say this:

The priority of people goes something like this:

1) The Client.
2) The employer
3) The Law
4) And then finally there's you.

My point is, even one of the most respected people in Finance (and no I am not implying CFAs are better worse than FRMS, CAs, MBAs, just making a point) understand they are at the bottom of the wrung. And its just business. So take the personal out of it, people who don't, don't get very far in life.

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BULLSHIT. ALL OF IT.

Syavash said:

Look at all the greatest businessmen of our time, they all understand that very simple fact, even if you're the CEO you're still at the bottom of the wrung.

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What are you 14 year old?

If you got some extra money go to any immigration or work related person . pay him and tell him what you looking for hes going to apply for few jobs and do all your processing . thats it

or else you can apply your self on website and then wait for video interview over skype and then might get lucky .

Scenario is a bit different here. Having worked in a Bank for One and a half year I will completely agree with the OP. With the advent of private banking, our country turned into an over banked society. As the competition intensified, nothing remained the priority but to lure in costumers with substantial accounts. This is the first and foremost requirement to progress if you take banking as career. I have seen matric pass becoming Area managers solely on the basis of this ability.
Customers with a good figure account rule the branches. They can do anything from harassing female staff to slapping employees. If they are priority customers, nobody will do anything but tell you to ignore which itself is a hard thing to do. All the regulations of SBP are bypassed to give them favors even in financial matters regardless of the fact that bank rating is based on the audits. Moreover, the private banks are known to exploit their employees. They will hire people with minimum national salary standard and sign a bond. Employees are required to work like asses. I remember that i used to miss sunshine as used to go in early morning and seldom get out of the bank at 7PM. At times the time of return was as late as 12:00 and there was a day I didn't go home and slept there.
So guys, please don't choose this path unless you are a management trainee or an auditor with an ass trained to sit all day on chairs.

Blastwave said:

Applying to UAE or anywhere in MEA is pretty straight forward with some additional steps besides the usual job hunting.


Your resume should have a local UAE phone number listed.

Traditional businesses don't even bother looking at resumes that aren't locally accessible quickly.

IT Sector, MNCs sometimes get on skype and call people but thats rare.

NO ONE wants to hire someone outside the country, its simply stupid.

So what do you need?

YOU NEED a local UAE phone number on your resume. Be it a colleague living there, some relative, whoever.

So when you apply for jobs and they get a call, they schedule interview for you OR inform you so you can directly contact the company.

RESUMES with Local phone numbers have 90% more chances of getting a call for interview than a resume without it.

NOW.....

Schedule all your interviews in the most confined time you can. So you go there only once/ twice a year and cover all the interviews in one single trip than to make random expensive trips. Unless you get plane tickets for free.

Apply for jobs using job websites, local newspapers and REFERENCES.

If you don't have any references, you're gonna have a tough time.

Companies prefer hiring by reference a lot more than external hiring because they get to see resumes from people fit the job immediately rather than pay for an ad, wait for candidates and then sort them out.


But all is not dark.

Apply everywhere, write it in the email / cover letter that you're ready on skype 24/7

Customize your resume to fit the job description you want

Do a short course or pick up a skill in the job description youre interested in.

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Agree with all that. At least in Finance in Saudi Arabia, if you don't have a local number listed, you hardly get calls. Plus if you mention that you have a residence permit that allows you to work, its usually better.

Edit: An awful lot of people in Finance at all the top companies tend to be Pakistanis, you could also do a geographic and industry specific search for them on LinkedIn and reach out, SOME tend to be helpful, most don't.

BULLSHIT. ALL OF IT.

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I didn't mean it too literally if you took it that way. All of the people I worked with who were good at what they do, never took anything personally which was my point. That's all. Maybe things in Pakistan work differently, I really wouldn't know.

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What are you 14 year old?

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Nope, not that age has anything to do with it, but whatever pleases you. My point was all of those companies you see in the F500, well atleast most of them got there by adding value and getting what their customer wants (or would want but doesn't necessarily need), doesn't take a genius to figure that out, unless ofcourse you're one of those rare exceptions like pharma/biotech firms with patents on orphan drugs that increases prices north of 20% YoY and get away with it.

No CEO would think they are literally at the bottom of the wrung, doesn't take a genius to think that one out either, but humility and a clear head go far, reactive emotional people or businesses don't. Ofcourse you can disagree and call it "BULLSHIT", everyone has an opinion, even if a vague one, and I respect that.

Lord AvaLon said:

Scenario is a bit different here. Having worked in a Bank for One and a half year I will completely agree with the OP. With the advent of private banking, our country turned into an over banked society. As the competition intensified, nothing remained the priority but to lure in costumers with substantial accounts. This is the first and foremost requirement to progress if you take banking as career. I have seen matric pass becoming Area managers solely on the basis of this ability.
Customers with a good figure account rule the branches. They can do anything from harassing female staff to slapping employees. If they are priority customers, nobody will do anything but tell you to ignore which itself is a hard thing to do. All the regulations of SBP are bypassed to give them favors even in financial matters regardless of the fact that bank rating is based on the audits. Moreover, the private banks are known to exploit their employees. They will hire people with minimum national salary standard and sign a bond. Employees are required to work like asses. I remember that i used to miss sunshine as used to go in early morning and seldom get out of the bank at 7PM. At times the time of return was as late as 12:00 and there was a day I didn't go home and slept there.
So guys, please don't choose this path unless you are a management trainee or an auditor with an ass trained to sit all day on chairs.

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Interesting story. My dad used to work in banking a few decades ago and its funny how this hasn't change much since then. What's the alternative though? Do most people grind it out in the hopes of climbing the corporate ladder or do you mostly switch to industry a few years into the job?

Syavash said:

Agree with all that. At least in Finance in Saudi Arabia, if you don't have a local number listed, you hardly get calls. Plus if you mention that you have a residence permit that allows you to work, its usually better.

Edit: An awful lot of people in Finance at all the top companies tend to be Pakistanis, you could also do a geographic and industry specific search for them on LinkedIn and reach out, SOME tend to be helpful, most don't.


I didn't mean it too literally if you took it that way. All of the people I worked with who were good at what they do, never took anything personally which was my point. That's all. Maybe things in Pakistan work differently, I really wouldn't know.

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Nope, not that age has anything to do with it, but whatever pleases you. My point was all of those companies you see in the F500, well atleast most of them got there by adding value and getting what their customer wants (or would want but doesn't necessarily need), doesn't take a genius to figure that out, unless ofcourse you're one of those rare exceptions like pharma/biotech firms with patents on orphan drugs that increases prices north of 20% YoY and get away with it.

No CEO would think they are literally at the bottom of the wrung, doesn't take a genius to think that one out either, but humility and a clear head go far, reactive emotional people or businesses don't. Ofcourse you can disagree and call it "BULLSHIT", everyone has an opinion, even if a vague one, and I respect that.

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Again, BULLSHIT, ALL OF IT.

No idea what kinda people you're familiar with, but they're all wrong.

Blastwave said:

Again, BULLSHIT, ALL OF IT.

No idea what kinda people you're familiar with, but they're all wrong.

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Haha. Whatever floats your boat

Syavash said:

Haha. Whatever floats your boat

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I have no idea what bullshit people you know or what you're studying but your real world exposure and experience is NULL.

Blastwave said:

I have no idea what bullshit people you know or what you're studying but your real world exposure and experience is NULL.

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Thank you for your insights into my life, I'll take note. My apologies if I pissed you off, or maybe you're just like that, in any case cheer up, its a beautiful day.

Syavash said:

Thank you for your insights into my life

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You don't have one.

Blastwave said:

Applying to UAE or anywhere in MEA is pretty straight forward with some additional steps besides the usual job hunting.


Your resume should have a local UAE phone number listed.

Traditional businesses don't even bother looking at resumes that aren't locally accessible quickly.

IT Sector, MNCs sometimes get on skype and call people but thats rare.

NO ONE wants to hire someone outside the country, its simply stupid.

So what do you need?

YOU NEED a local UAE phone number on your resume. Be it a colleague living there, some relative, whoever.

So when you apply for jobs and they get a call, they schedule interview for you OR inform you so you can directly contact the company.

RESUMES with Local phone numbers have 90% more chances of getting a call for interview than a resume without it.

NOW.....

Schedule all your interviews in the most confined time you can. So you go there only once/ twice a year and cover all the interviews in one single trip than to make random expensive trips. Unless you get plane tickets for free.

Apply for jobs using job websites, local newspapers and REFERENCES.

If you don't have any references, you're gonna have a tough time.

Companies prefer hiring by reference a lot more than external hiring because they get to see resumes from people fit the job immediately rather than pay for an ad, wait for candidates and then sort them out.


But all is not dark.

Apply everywhere, write it in the email / cover letter that you're ready on skype 24/7

Customize your resume to fit the job description you want

Do a short course or pick up a skill in the job description youre interested in.

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@ OP

[MENTION=39471]Blastwave[/MENTION] has summed up pretty much everything for you this how things works in UAE
Plus i would recommend you to Get Visit visa of 1 month and then extend to 1 Month
or Get 2 Months visa and Extend to 1 month Visa

Come over here and start hunting yourself sitting in Pakistan and getting UAE job is very rare case
companies don't prefer ppl living outside UAE
it is simple logic when hundreds and thousands of ppl living here already applying for the position they are easily accessible why they would go for someone outside Country
there is lots of scam involved getting the person outside the country you never know if that work has shown by the person is actually his work so they usually call for interview take test so they remain be sure about the person they hiring :mental

come at the Start of year January / Feb at this time there are usually job openings at this period of time Get One more visa see if you find the job in a month if not extends the visa to 30days more

it is hard to find the Job in a Month if you are coming for a Month then don't come here its a waste of money then
the reason is it takes time to get response from the company it takes around 15 to 20 days from companies to start getting response and then lining up interview from the date of CV submission so in the 2nd month you usually are busy in interviews

And you can check the scope of your industry by checking Classified section of DUBIZZLE.com though right now things are slow right now hopefully Jan/Feb will be the month of hirings but it all depends of Luck and your experience in the industry

Good Luck !