The job market is tough especially in the present situation when the current pandemic has closed enough business and erase enough jobs to make a dent in the overall global economy.
The job hunt and the paying amount obviously depend on your skills and knowledge. You will be able to handle the job hunt better with proven experience but even in an entry position, you can charm your way in.
A good place to start looking for jobs
When looking for employment you can adopt different strategies. You can check online, you can be referred to by friends and colleagues or you can look for the government authority’s list of available registered jobs (https://aejobs.ae/en/job-search-results/?)
You can also consider a job recruiting agency. Either way, be prepared to wait for your job response as the Dubai job market is very competitive nowadays.
Some good job offering websites you can start checking our are :
- Dubai Careers: The website offers a wide range of jobs available for any type of field. The main employers are state institutions like Dubai Air Navigation Services, Dubai Judicial Institute, Dubai Media Incorporated, Dubai Economy, etc.
- Gulf Talent: The place where all locals but also ex-pats can start searching for jobs from all the major global companies like Amazon, PWC, IBM, etc.
- Indeed: The website congregates jobs in any domain from all types of small and medium businesses.
- Dubai Jobs is yet another powerful search motor for jobs in the emirate.
- Edarabia: offers a comprehensive list of featured and current vacancies and job opportunities in the UAE list.
- Bayt: coming also with a dedicated app for free and more than 5 million installs, the business takes pride in offering more than 2000 job listings at the moment.
What to expect in matter of salary
Remuneration in Dubai is similar to other western countries. It always gets down to your capacity of negotiation as the same exact position in a company can offer two different salaries for similarly qualified employees. The UAE federal Labour Law does not limit the minimum wages.
Manual labor jobs are often poorly paid and the recipients are workers coming from subcontinental Asia. The workers like maids, nannies, private drivers. security work 7 days a week for 1800 Dh a month.
A decent salary for qualified jobs should be around 12 and 15000 Dh per month for a family of 3.
If your job is in management then you should expect a salary of around 25000 Dh per month depending on qualifications and experience.
Below are some monthly salary levels depending on the field of activity:
- Finance ( accountant, director, analyst): 15-60k Dh
- Digital marketing ( design, e-commerce, marketing): 20-35k Dh
- IT: 20-45k Dh
- HR: 20-35k Dh
- Legal: 25-45k Dh
- Retail: 12-30k Dh
- Sales and Marketing: 20-60k Dh
- Oil: above 30k Dh
A median salary level for certified workers is set to be 117k Dh according to PayScale.