 Hi guys, you are watching OxyVlogs and this video will be about the job search in Dubai. So today I decided to attend the career workshop organized by Rice Assist and Leap recruitment companies and find out about what are the trends on the job market in Dubai, what the recruiters are looking for, what are the main mistakes the job seekers do, so keep watching. Inviting me to this workshop session is so, the attendees of this workshop can have a 10 minutes consultation, free consultation with Marina and she is checking the CVs, so what are the main mistakes the job seekers do in the CVs today? I did today a lot of CVs and to be honest I was impressed, surprised let's say that a lot of CVs are completely disfocused, so people want to learn the job for example as a personal assistant while the CV says I can be a straighter, project manager, teacher, freelancer and everything, of course it's confusing for the recruiters to see something like this. Some people I couldn't figure out at all what they are specializing in, I had to ask them because after reading their CVs I was not able to determine what are their expertise in, so I asked them to queue their CVs and I asked them to create two mostly CVs in some cases, if they are considering more positions but most importantly I was asking everyone to print out the skills that are in demand for this particular position and knowledge of the software that is required for this particular position and also I was asking everyone to change the objective in the first paragraph in the summer. So choosing when is copy-pasted and even today I saw a lot of copy-pasted sections so I was asking them to just be self, in two sentences try to explain which exception of a return on investment will you bring to the company tomorrow if you can just explain it in two sentences, be yourself, it doesn't matter genuine at least you will know that it's not the other CV, it's not just looking the same so I think the key right now, the key things to improve for everyone from what I have seen is print out the skills that are in demand for the particular position narrow down, make the CV more specialized I've seen two pages as more than enough I know that there are debates, that one page is really good but also I've seen today CVs of people who are 25 years of experience, you can't really put it in one picture so two pages is ideal and there are also debates whether the picture should be there or not my advice is the picture should be there, why? when people are coming to us and asking to refer our graduates we had instances where people sent CVs, they come back to us, they're employers and they ask us to please send us the picture therefore they are looking at the picture, they want to see presentation wise how good are you going to be let's say in the front line especially for people who want to work as other in support, business in support it doesn't matter ok thank you very much, you're welcome guys I have an interview on my channel with Madina so check it out thank you very much here is Melissa, she is the CEO of Leaper equipment can you please tell us a little bit about the company and what do you do? of course Leap is an online career development platform we like to position it as it's not just about recruitment it's about actually developing your career making sure that you are up to speed with all the relevant information from your market or your industry and making sure that if there are skill gaps you have the resources to address that and what are the current trends on the job market in Dubai and what are the recruiters looking for? yeah ok the two questions actually go really well hand in hand the trends in Dubai more so than anywhere I've ever worked are very very changeable and I think that actually the market at the moment in Dubai is going through one of those changeable periods we've had over the last six months or so a huge amount of people come to us talking about either the role that they're in at the moment or roles that they are looking to apply for that have had to adapt how they work or their area of expertise to address the fact that every single industry at the moment especially in this region is going through a big push on technology, on digitisation and on that technological transformation that's not something that's going to go away that is something that is driving the growth of the entire region absolutely and I think that especially as a job seeker what I definitely recommend across every market is to keep that trend in mind and really be honest with yourself about where you fall into that kind of new market place because that's what it is the reality of it is that we are entering a brand new time and there's going to be a lot of change and the most successful candidates are going to be the ones that can adapt to that change and what are the drops in demand in Dubai? Are there any like top five? Well technology definitely is booming at the moment some of the big groups in Dubai are going through huge change huge technology transformations going on so there's a huge skill gap for very competent forward thinking technology staff so that's one area that's really going to be booming the other area that I think is on the more foundation side so the population is growing Dubai is one of those places where the population is growing absolutely they come and go but overall if you were to take a step back and look at the bigger picture more and more people are coming into the region and the foundations of the society here need to keep up with that so there's lots of schools being built there's lots of construction going on the healthcare industry is having to expand and grow to keep up with that growing population and so those key markets are definitely going to be going through a big work period at the moment as well Thank you and many of my subscribers they are applying for a job they send tons of CV but they have no success so what are the main mistakes that job seekers do? Okay there's one big one that actually I've seen here at this event today quite a lot and that's really underestimating the value of the top page of your CV your job application is effectively a sales pitch you're selling yourself as awful as that sounds so what I would definitely recommend doing is really reading the job ad that you're applying to over and over and over again look at the language that's used look at the key skills that are being brought up absolutely make sure that if you are relevant for that role make sure that a recruiter knows that in the first top half of your CV don't bombard another human being with information that they don't need absolutely it's one of the biggest mistakes that I find definitely in this region and it's a very human thing to do you haven't done anything wrong thousands of people do it you want to get as much information as you can absolutely I want you to know everything about me here's my life story but a hiring manager is getting given a thousand life stories for every job and the brutal fact is that they do not have time to read that they should keep it short and sweet absolutely bullet points are perfect make it really succinct and make it relevant to the job ad that you're applying for and if that means tailoring your CV for every application do put the time and effort into it this is something that really really matters this is your job, this is your career this is what you're going to spend your life doing so really put the time in if it means tailoring your CV for every application do it definitely don't lie don't over embellish because that will all come out in the wash but make sure that the relevant information is right up the gravel centre because you have seconds to get somebody's attention and what about the design is it important for the recruiter? yes it absolutely is I think that again people are under estimate if you are using 17 different fonts the psychology alone it's too busy, I'm not going to read it you've got seconds to get my attention so keep it clean, keep it clear keep it consistent and make sure that you highlight the relevant points so if you want to make sure that I know you have certain technology experience bullet points, which ones? I think six seconds absolutely yes you literally have something so don't make me look for it don't over embellish your CV it doesn't need colours, it doesn't need pictures don't use more wonderful nice clear word document it's all that's required simplicity what if you look abroad and have the chances to find a job in Dubai? in all honesty it does make it more difficult it's much easier to get a job in Dubai once you're in Dubai but that's that's very easily said it's not a very it's very daunting to just chuck your career away in one country and move to a completely different country without a job to go into so I wouldn't recommend doing that but what I would recommend doing is start maybe sending CVs while you're at home absolutely making sure that you're available for Skype interviews or phone interviews be as proactive as you can and try and make sure that the relevant information that you're putting forward is relevant to the market because Dubai is a very specific place it has its own idiosyncrasies do your research on Dubai if you know anybody in Dubai make sure that you get to know all of the advice that they can give you on the market because if you can make yourself relevant to Dubai that's the first step to being here and what are your top 5 tips for people who want to find a job in Dubai who are dreaming to move to Dubai and live here I would say do your research it's number one be as clued up not just on the job but on the place because yeah it would that's the first step to getting here is knowing what you're coming into secondly, I would make sure that your CV is up to date and relevant again, go back through the job ads make sure that you're tailoring it you can never be over relevant so make sure that you put your time and effort into that thirdly, I would say that it's applying for jobs and this isn't just about Dubai this is generally it's not just about your CV anymore it's about your own personal branding and your professional branding make sure that your online presence is professional make sure that if somebody Googles you the responses that they get up are good responses and things that you want to show off about number four make sure that you have a really strong understanding of the legal side of working in Dubai there's lots of visa requirements there's lots of entry requirements to the country that can change from different nationality to nationality and number five would be to make sure that when you're doing your research you look at all the fun things that Dubai has to offer because it's all well and good finding your dream job but you're doing it for more than just your career development you want to be happy to live here and Dubai offers a really great lifestyle and loads of stuff to do on your days off give yourself a goal give yourself a personal vision to want to move here because it's all part of the package thank you very much, thank you for useful tips so guys if you want to see more videos with some useful tips about how to find a job in Dubai don't forget to subscribe to this channel and I will leave the link to the recruitment in the description below check it out so guys, these were some tips from the recruiters we are planning to make more specific videos about the job search in Dubai don't forget to subscribe to my channel so you won't miss anything and that's it for today, thank you for watching and I will see you in the next video, bye bye