Can I get a job in the UAE?

Yes, in the United Arab Emirates, labor is constantly in demand in a wide range of specialties.

Demographic situation

The population of the UAE is 8.264 million people, the vast majority of whom (88.5%) are expatriates (labor migrants). The indigenous population with a total number of 948 thousand people (11.5%) is mainly represented by Sunni Muslims. The ratio of men to women among the indigenous population is 479.109 males and 468.888 females. Among expatriates - 5,682,711 men and 1,633,362 women.

Among the visitors, Indians and Pakistanis dominate, who are engaged, for the most part, in low-paid rough work. There are many immigrants from the Middle East region - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, Palestine. Every day in the United Arab Emirates, more and more people come from Asia - Filipinos and Chinese, citizens of some other states, such as Bangladesh or Sri Lanka. There are Europeans (mostly British) and Americans. Due to the worsening economic situation in many European countries, in 2011-2012, the influx of specialists from these countries into the UAE labor market increased.

Russian-speaking population of the UAE

A special place in all this diversity is occupied by immigrants from the CIS and Baltic countries. According to various estimates, from 50 to 70 thousand people who speak Russian live here. Some of them have remained here since the 90s of the last century, when tons of electronics, mobile phones, textiles and other household goods were transported from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other CIS countries. In 2005, when the business tourism boom waned, another boom began - the construction one. Very rich people who invested their money in the local economy and real estate reached the UAE.

The Russian-speaking diaspora in the UAE cannot be compared in number, for example, with the Indian, but 70 thousand Russian-speaking residents of the UAE were enough to have their own small Russian-speaking world in the Emirates. This was also helped by the fact that the number of Russian-speaking tourists who annually come to the United Arab Emirates on vacation should be added to the number of people living in the country. And this is about 1 million per year - 10% of all tourists visiting the UAE. In order to serve this army of customers, we need Russian-speaking employees who work in all areas, from sellers in small shops to managers of large companies and even the CEO of the world's largest shopping center.

It is impossible not to say about Russian girls who found their happiness in a faraway country by marrying an oriental man. So do not be surprised to meet a Russian girl in traditional oriental robes. By the way, many of them also do not sit at home, and get a job or open their own business: SPA salons, beauty salons, tailoring ateliers, fashion boutiques. Jobs in these institutions, of course, are open, first of all, for Russian-speaking employees.

Russian-speaking companies in the UAE

Trying to provide their life in the UAE, Russian-speaking residents open here Russian clinics, Russian beauty salons, Russian supermarkets where you can find Russian products, and Russian restaurants where you can taste dishes of national Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Korean, Ukrainian cuisine.

Therefore, Russian teachers, Russian doctors, Russian managers in car dealerships and real estate agencies are added to Russian-speaking guides, tour operators, waiters, rescuers in water parks, security guards and sellers in shopping centers. This list goes on and on. Russian editors and designers publish Russian-language magazines in the Emirates. Russian-speaking children attend Russian schools and Russian kindergartens, where Russian-speaking teachers from republics of the former USSR work. In the United Arab Emirates there is even a "Russian Music Center", which was created on the basis of a Russian school. There is also a branch of the Russian University of St. Petersburg State University of Economics. And also students from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus and other CIS countries study at numerous foreign universities in the UAE and are considered the most purposeful and hardworking. These same students not only study well, but also work. For example - at the stands in shopping centers, advertising goods and services.

What is the best way to look for work?

The most correct and effective way is to use the services of employment agencies abroad, which work in almost all cities in the CIS countries.

A more risky and less reliable way is to come to the United Arab Emirates on a tour package and, being here, send out a CV and seek an invitation to an interview (interview).

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