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by George Sotiropoulos, Geo

Jobs in DubaiJobs in Dubai – General Dubai Job MarketInformation Are you Lookingfor a Job in Dubai? Dubai job seekers can find a havenof opportunities; but looking for a job in Dubaiand landing a job in Dubaiare two entirely different things. Dubai hasbecome a hot spot for opportunity in the Middle Eastas well as internationally, and because of that, the job market has raised thebar for talent and prospective employees. With hundreds of companies relocatingto the Emirates, and more specifically, to the chic and cosmopolitan city of Dubai, jobs are to befound, and careers made of, for those with the drive to get here. Dubai Economy: Perfectfor Job Seekers In orderto land the Dubai job of your dreams, you haveto first look at the markets, the industries and the people that make up theunique and explosive entity that is Dubai.After all, Dubaiis not your conventional city and therefore requires the attention of your jobseeking skills. Once you understand the job market, you will have a betterchance at targeting and landing the job you're looking for in Dubai. As theeconomy, property market, andpopulation of Dubai is booming, so too willfollow the job market in Dubai.In searching for your dream job, it might behoove you to understand the market,and the people that make it up, in order to launch an offensive on your Dubai job search. Understanding the Dubai Job Market Asidefrom the local population of Arab Emirati's whomake up less than 20% of the population, Dubai boasts over 200 nationalitiesliving within its borders. Of those, the Dubai work force is made up in largepart of Lebanese, American, Indian, French, English, Philippines, and Russian nationalsto name a few; all of which are highly skilled, highly educated, adaptable, multilingual,and as dynamic as Dubai itself. After all they are indistinguishable. Dubai's natural resource isnatural gas, which feeds the large and healthy petrochemical industry. Becauseof that, and its accessibility to the Middle East and gulf countries, as wellas to Europe and Africa, the Dubaijob market in the petrochemical industry provides many opportunities. Auxiliaryindustries to benefit from petrochemical jobs in Dubai are those jobs to be found in retail,marketing, advertising and tourism. With thousands of hotel rooms currentlyonline and thousands more in construction, Dubai jobs in hospitality and restaurantmanagement are a good place to look. UAE Employment Laws Otherthan the local community, all foreign nationals work in Dubai as invited guests of the company(sponsor) that hired them. Accepting a jobs in Dubai means accepting an invitation by the sponsor,and in many ways, it means living in Dubaias an invited guest. In other words, no one who has accepted a job in Dubai will be in Dubaiany longer than their invitation allows. Your job or career in Dubai will be as good asthe visa stamped in your passport. Even though all this may sound a bitlimiting, in many cases the upside can be big. According to UAE law, if you arehired from outside the UAE, your company must provide you with travel to andfrom the UAE. Further to that, the company must provide you with travel to andfrom your “homebase”, or the country oforigin, at least once a year. In most cases the employer will reimburse theamount of the travel cost if you choose not to take the trip home. In the event that you are let go,your employer is required by law to give you notice of 30 days. Even though UAEemployee, or ex-employee, laws may not be as protective as other countries, ithas become standard practice that most companies operating in Dubai and UAE will compensate the employee agratuity of up to one month per year of employment with the company in theevent of termination, which is quite impressive in comparison with othercountries. In the welcomed event you areinterviewed for that dream job, be sure to ask about your prospectiveemployer's health insurance and benefits, vacation and leave program,working hours, weekend schedules, gratuity, maternity/paternity rights,transportation and housing allowances. Start your Dubai Job Search Now Finding that dream job in Dubai means having tofind your place in a complex web of interrelated and interdependentnationalities, cultures, ethics, and work styles. Now that you have grasped theidea of what the Dubaijob market it made of, you are armed and ready to start looking. While there are a plethora of onlinerecruitment agencies readily available with many jobs to fill, you might wantto keep your horizons wide by checking for headhunters outside the UAE. Many companieslook for prospective talent outside the country. Our advice is so cast your netfar and wide by searching in international, as well as local channels for Jobsin Dubai. If you found this article useful andare serious about your job search in Dubai, feelfree to checkout the Dubai job listings at www.zoozi.com. Copyright 2007 Zoozi.com

Thisyear, 2008, has been difficult for many companies in many sectors.The economic tide has been sweeping negatively across many of theworld's markets and causing business confidence to wane. The lifescience markets have not been immune and the impact has been palpablein many corners of the sector.

Thebiotech industry has come under increased pressure as the climate forearly stage ventures has become even more challenging. Toxicity inthe finance markets has made fundraising through venture capital,private equity and structured debt-financing extremely difficult. Alack of support for listed biotech stocks have led to incredibly lowvolumes of share trading on many of Europe's exchanges, meaning theIPO and exit opportunities for investors are heavily restricted.Merger and acquisition activities have continued unabated andsignificant deals can be seen between biotech and large-pharma, oftenat premium values over current market capitalisation, furtherfuelling the belief that exits are currently best achieved via thesetrade-sale routes.

Thissentiment is echoed across other parts of the sector wheresignificant efforts are being undertaken to re-organise many of theindustry's hallmark names in an attempt to bring about greaterefficiency, boost R&D and reduce the impact of patent expiration.Yet among these challenges are pockets of real success, companiesgrowing rapidly, businesses being merged to forge new powerfulentities, products being approved, relationships between pharma andbiotech thriving.

Thischallenging environment calls upon different skills and experienceand there is currently a re-ordering of hiring priorities across theEuropean life science markets. Career management in the currentsector requires you to be bold, clear about your direction andconfident in bringing success to your next job. There are disciplinesthat are continuing to see good rates of vacancies and thisrequirement illustrates that capitalising on your strengths is aclear way to improve your sustained career development.

Weare continuing to see demand in the area of regulatory affairs ascompanies prepare their organisations to deal with the rigours of newand emerging legislation and the perceived tightening of regulationsby health authorities. Demand over recent years has created adistinct shortage of readily available regulatory professionals withthe experience in managing regulatory development programmes, as wellas maximising the product life-cycle opportunities across globalmarkets.

Also,the expanding role of regulatory affairs in supporting theorganisation has seen a growth in the number of people beingrecruited into areas like regulatory intelligence and policy,regulatory operations, early drug evaluation or due diligence. Thisvariety has broadened the career opportunities for regulatory affairsprofessionals and has introduced new skills to the function.

Thisdemand has encouraged a shift in the recruiting approach of manycompanies across the sector. To overcome the scarcity in regulatoryaffairs skills, companies have needed to be far more versatile andproactive in their approaches to recruiting these regulatorycandidates. It means there is now a strong reliance on Internationalrecruiting strategies, trawling the diverse regulatory affairs talentpool of Europe and beyond, to attain the necessary regulatory skillsto support projects. Companies have had to employ proactivestrategies to reach the candidates and aggressively pursue them,offering different incentives to be able to attract the very best.And while we have seen some easing in the market, the dearth ofregulatory affairs talent seems set to continue.

Therehas been continued consolidation across all areas of the life sciencesector in 2007 and 2008. Alongside this, we have seen majorrestructure announcements that have affected companies large tosmall. These significant changes in the structures of manyorganisations have made Human Resource skills a central requirementfor many companies. The ability to manage the human resources of acompany in a highly effective way to ensure you are retaining yourbest talent in the new efficient structures is critical. Good HumanResource professionals have the vision to be able to see where acompany is headed and how you need to swap out the skills that are nolonger central to the company and replace them with the skills oftomorrow and the future. Their relationship with recruiters, eitherinternal or external, will be important if they are to define thenew, flexible and scalable resourcing models that will enable them tocreate highly skilled agile organisations. Increasingly we'll seethe use of contract resource and interim management resources beingemployed to augment core teams or to assist and manage controlledphases of growth or change. Human Resources will be central to thisvital re-engineering and their ability to architect these changeswill call on the most sophisticated of human resource skills.

Theseare two skill areas among many other core functions that are centralto the success drivers of the sector's companies. So despite theeconomic pressures being exerted upon these organisations, we remainbuoyant and optimistic that those people keeping their skills at theforefront of these functions will remain in demand. It is clear to usthat despite the uncertain outlook that is creeping into many areasof the market, there are still career development opportunities forthose with the right skills in the right companies.

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