Emirati Women Lead the way at Careers UAE

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Emirati Women Lead the way at Careers UAE

Emirati women were out in full force at Careers UAE today, as exhibitors from the nation's biggest employment fair report that the number of women looking to sign up with the work force is on the surge.

With the gender pay gap predicted to close 100 years earlier than expected [1], UAE female undergrads are leading the way as 67% are more probable to aspire to be in senior leadership positions compared with their male classmates.

This evident at the three day Professions UAE event, which held an unique ladies early morning on Monday 10 April to fulfill the expanding need of women job seekers, as personal and public organisations showcased their latest recruitment chances across a variety of industries.

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Careers UAE shuts today (11 April) at Dubai World Trade Centre.

Commercial Bank International, an exhibitor at the event, reported greater than 200 applications on the very first two days of the program, which 85% of them were women. Badriya AlBlooshi, Emiratisation Human Resources Officer said: "There has actually been a lot of passion in our job openings this year and the bulk has been from females. This is an actually favorable action for the region's work market and certainly the market, as exclusive firms are proactively striving to reach the 2021 Emiratisation Vision."

Government entities also exposed that work openings were being controlled by females, with Mohammed AbdulRahman Ahmed, Head of Human Resources Recruitment Section from HR Department, Dubai Municipality saying: "70% of our applicants are women. We have actually currently executed at least 20 meetings on the stand and obtained over 200 Curricula vitae. Within Dubai District, 51% of our personnel are women and we have a variety of initiatives to motivate ladies within our workforce."

One such program is Reem Group, an unique ladies "club" which arranges special trips and celebrations for females and specialises in taking care of all female team demands.
" We are very committed to our ladies and trust that they have actually the abilities needed to do well in any type of field. We intend to ensure we could offer them with the very best environment to sustain them so they could prosper in the office," with Mohammed AbdulRahman Ahmed included.

Women are controling the workforce at DEWA, with 60% of staff members being comprised of ladies and a high number of those being engineering personnel. Obtaining over 1000 visitors on the opening day of the show, DEWA have greater than 300 openings available for Emiratis.

The UAE Ministry of Protection and Armed Forces showed to be a preferred selection for female visitors, as they received a high number of applications from females and a great deal of rate of interest from women who were looking to understand what job possibilities were available in their significant nine principal units.

A honourable career course for Emiratis, the UAE Ministry of Protection and Armed Forces has a variety of possibilities offered for ladies as well as a series of training vacancies that can suit any individual's ability.

Even more supporting females empowerment, Hopscotch Female's Meeting occurred yesterday (10 April) for the very first time at the show, which saw female delegates give hands-on training, coaching, motivation and chances to numerous women Emiratis that are eager to take their initial or following action on the occupation ladder.

In line with the UAE's Emiratisation plan to increase the present variety of nationals working in the economic sector significantly by the year 2021, the 17th edition of Careers UAE, has seen a number of new exhibitors join the program, using it as a platform to discover the very best local graduates in the marketplace.

Providing training for students and young professionals, Asif Sabir, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, My Learning Key stated: "This is the first time we have actually taken part in the occasion and we are here in order to help Emiratis establish their skills in the real world situations so they could be as prepared as feasible for the operating world. The reaction until now has been terrific and UAE nationals are eager to learn and comprehend exactly how they could safeguard a work and attract attention from the crowd."

The program also hosted a series of interactive sessions and tasks consisting of The Ability Quest arranged by InternsME, the UAE's biggest teaching fellowship job site, which supplied task hunters with a wealth of recommendations and suggestions for the best ways to seek their dream career.

A real-time market for skilled UAE youth and the region's top employers took place across the program to bring the most skilled Emirati students and young grads into one place, making it very easy for business to satisfy, meeting and set follow-ups or employ on the spot.

For work seekers with added motivations aiming to sharpen their skills, 'Mission Possible', returned once again, a team obstacle quizzing teams on their employability, Curriculum Vitae composing skills and talking to strategies, with prizes for grabs for the best teams.

Participating this year were Gold Sponsors Dubai Electronic Protection Centre and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Strategic Government Partner Dubai Government Human Resources, Bank Enroller Commercial Bank of Dubai and partner UAE University, along with organisations such as Dubai Health Authority, HQ Dubai Cops, Standard Chartered and Emirates Group.

Occupations UAE 2018 is open exclusively to UAE Nationals and Human Resources specialists and will certainly return following year to Dubai World Trade Centre. For more details, please visit www.careersuae.ae.