 Oxy, how can I find a drop in Dubai? Because as I mentioned, the markets, it's so dynamic. There's so many different sectors that are hiring and making people redundant, unfortunately. Dubai, it's the glitz and glamour place and the salaries are amazing and you cannot be a single male and enter with a visa. Hey guys, welcome to Oxy Vlogs. On this channel, I talk about work, life and business in Dubai. And you've been asking me, Oxy, how can I find a drop in Dubai? So today I have a special guest, Trisha Chapman. She's a consultant and she helps people to find a dream job in Dubai. And we decided to record a couple of interviews and share more tips with you that will help you with this job search process in the UAE. Hi Trisha, thank you for coming today. Please, can you introduce yourself in a couple of words? Yes, first of all, thank you so much for having me on your channel. It's really great to see that you have expanded and really helping the job seeker or the community out there. So it's a pleasure to be invited. As you mentioned, I'm Trisha Chapman. I'm the managing partner of Impressive CV. We are an SME that focuses on all of the tools necessary for a successful job application. So these days, that means not only your CV, cover letter, but also the likes of LinkedIn Optimization and personal branding. So I guess maybe just in summary, I could give your audience a little bit about my background. So I'm actually a registered nurse, a nurse by trade, I guess, as they say. I started about five years ago helping nurses and doctors in Sharjah, which is a little town outside of Dubai, apply for jobs, especially those looking to, to find employment abroad, as well as bigger or better opportunities in Dubai. And over time, I thought, hang on a minute, if I'm doing this so frequently, why don't I turn this into a business model? So this is now my fifth year coming on to Impressive CV and third year really honing in on, on people outside of the healthcare sector. So I think it's, it's a dynamic industry that's always changing and really important to keep up to speed with what's happening. And we all know that COVID-19 changed our lives and a lot of people lost their jobs. So what do you think about the current situation in Dubai? Yeah, it's a really good question because as I mentioned, the markets, it's so dynamic. There's so many different sectors that are hiring and making people redundant, unfortunately. But I really think there is room to, for people and candidates, job seekers to flourish. They're definitely sectors that are hiring. For example, digital marketing, a lot of business analysts from a digital standpoint, healthcare, there is not enough nurses and doctors at the moment. There's a big campaign here going on to search for qualified nurses. Unfortunately, the likes of your hotel and hospitality sectors suffer, which obviously the least amount of tourists in the industry or on the ground, the less amount of staff that they need. IT, cybersecurity, these types of roles are hiring. So there definitely is opportunities out there, but it's just a matter of doing your research into those sectors. So people still have an opportunity to get into that? Absolutely, absolutely. And to be quite honest, this is probably one of the major countries or regions, I should say, that actually is hiring and has a lot of success with candidates. However, you do have to be in the country to be able to sign a contract at present. They don't generally hire candidates unless they're located in Dubai. So usually the C-level type positions are accepted out of the country, but at the moment, you must be in Dubai. Guys, before we continue, I want to say that if you've been looking for a job in Dubai but you have no success, you don't hear back from recruiters and you feel desperate, Trisha can help you to get your dream job. Trisha, can you please introduce your services and how you can help? Absolutely, so we offer an array of personalised services. We work one-to-one with all of our job seekers. We support them with LinkedIn optimisation, cover letters and of course CV writing. And for those aspiring leaders or people with more than 15 years of experience, we offer support with personal branding, personality assessments and of course interview coaching. And do you help candidates to connect with recruiters? Absolutely, so we've got a dedicated UAE job-seeking package. It has a list of all of the available recruiters within the industry. There's over 50 listed in this package and of course cover letter writing and email pictures and CV writing templates. Oh, sounds great, thank you very much. And what people should research before they come to Dubai? So as I mentioned, definitely visa requirements. So they're ever changing, there's lots of evolutions occurring. I'll just give you one specific example. So recently they announced, the government announced that you cannot be a single male visa and enter the, you cannot be a single male and enter with a visa. But these things are always changing. So it's sort of based on the supply demand at the current time. It's really important to find out where the jobs are located. So for example, you know, you don't book a hotel in Shaja but actually all of the positions that you are considering or looking at in Abu Dhabi because public transport here is quite different compared to other regions and parts of the world. So it's really important to research where you're looking to hire and make sure that your accommodation is planned around that area. I think it's really important as well to expand and grow on your network. It's such a market here that's, it's so important to have, you know, references or at least people you know who can put you in the right direction. As they say, it's all about who you know, not what you know. So do you advise people to start searching for a job while they're in their home country or when they come to Dubai? So my strong recommendation is do your research prior to coming. You don't really want to waste your three months. Now I know three months sounds like quite a while but Dubai generally things do happen a little bit slowly compared to maybe other regions. Now I'm not saying that's a good thing or bad thing but just beware, things take time. So you don't want to waste opportunities while you're sitting in your hotel. So I think it's important to research and target the companies, the sectors maybe even find or research hiring managers that you could at least have a digital coffee with or even meet face to face if applicable depending of course on the COVID situation. But plan in advance. I don't think it's worth wasting your time in the hotel room starting your job search. And I think just one other point that came to my mind was that you can target companies that are close to one another like cross-functional sectors and roles and finding out who is actually hiring. So you said that before you come to Dubai or even when you come to Dubai it's important to start building your network. So what are the best ways to build network in Dubai if you come alone and you don't know anyone? Yeah, it's a good question. So these days it's really hard getting a response from a recruiter. So even some of my own clients, you know, Trisha what can we do? We're not hearing back anything. So, and I kind of understand from two standpoints. So recruiters are obviously getting hundreds, maybe even thousands of emails requests or conversations in their LinkedIn inbox. So you need to start thinking outside of the box. How can I get attention? Or how can I get focus on me? So a couple of strategies that have worked and especially with my clients or just the chit chat around on the digital spaces. A 10 Zoom calls. So quite often people are doing webinars, live webinars or a Zoom recording and you can sign up, get your registration. You can create a video CV to be able to send across into inboxes or post a link to it. Share this on those digital events that you go to. And engage in meaningful conversations. So don't just put one or two word comments on people's posts on LinkedIn, for example. Develop a relationship in a rapport by frequently and consistently posting on the digital space. I think also it's important to learn of anything that's upcoming. So in some cases there are events that might be live or face-to-face meetings that you may have to pay for some of these but at the end of the day it's an investment because you never know who you'll meet. Another important point that I always recommend my subscribers that when you come to Dubai to look for a job, you should expect at least that it can take several months for you to get something and you need budget to live in Dubai and Dubai's an expensive city. So what can you recommend in this case? Yeah, this is something that people always get sucked into. They say Dubai, it's the glitz and glamour place and the salaries are amazing and which yes, I mean it's a tax-free place at the moment. They do obviously have their VAT and salaries are on the higher side compared to Europe or those types of the regions but people often forget and maybe people don't discuss that actually the cost of living in Dubai is actually it's quite high. So for example, eating out, it's a lot more expensive than what you would find elsewhere even in my home country of Australia. Hotels and rent, for example, again although you can get some great deals. But if you're going to be staying here for on a long-term basis, these are the types of things that you need to analyse, you know, cost analysis, work out because it's not cheap. Even bottles of water, for example, you know, you need to add things up because you can't be drinking out of the tap water here. So these types of things, you need to consider into your budgets. Taxis, if you've got meetings booked, again factor these things in because public transport, again, there's one metro line. Especially when it's plus 40 outside. Yeah, no, no, absolutely, absolutely. You don't want to be going from one maybe walking interview or interview, you know, dripping in sweat and the makeup's all gone and the men's hair. It's definitely factors to consider because it does get hot and humid. And even when you get hired, let's say, so you will receive your contract, the first months usually you need to spend your own money before you start getting salaries. So you need to make sure that, I think, you have budget to cover your accommodation and transportation before you get salary. Yeah, absolutely, because most companies here, I'm confident to say most, but you're paid on a monthly basis. So people often forget exactly right that the first salary is actually not going to be till 28, 30 days until actually your joining day. So then you've got a factor in all of the time that you've just spent with that income, plus the extra month until you get your first salary. Thank you, Trisha, for this episode. In our next video, we're gonna talk about CV, what you need to write there, how to structure the right CV, so it will go through ATS system and you will find your dream job. Thank you for watching this video. And again, if you are interested in the services that Trisha provides, you can find the link in the description below and I will see you in the next episode. See you soon.