UAE hiring up in several sectors: Here’s list of where to apply

Today's job market is not that easy and majority of job-seekers wonder: where are all the good jobs? Job opportunities are up across the board on 2010 and 2009 numbers but still 40 per cent down on 2011 for the same time of year, according to Morgan McKinley.

However, that doesn’t mean that the market is lull. You just need to know where to look. Emirates24|7 has scanned major job portals for you to check where exactly all the jobs are.

Moreover, our recruitment experts tell us precisely where we can spot the maximum number of openings in the market.

Trefor Murphy, Managing Director at Morgan McKinley believes: “Oil & gas will be a good sector in the coming year. Construction is picking up in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Regional and local banks will have a good year ahead and international banks will be catching up.”

“Dubai is set to grow . We should look at sales & marketing, procurement and finance roles to increase,” he added while commenting specifically on Dubai.

Experts believe that the market is a reflection of the number of vacancies posted on job portals.

“Over 11,000 jobs are advertised on an average day on [our website] which is a healthy and robust increase from last year,” said Lama Ataya, CMO, Bayt.com “It is worth bearing in mind that the industries that are still perceived to be attracting/retaining the top talent in the UAE are: banking/finance (34 per cent), oil, gas and petrochemicals (32 per cent) and telecommunications (27 per cent),” she added.