DUBAI - A number of students, Emirati and expatriates, say the situation is grim as their hunt for jobs begin. Either offers are scarce or the remuneration too low, complain students.
“My sister has been looking for a job for nearly a year now and she hasn’t heard anything encouraging. She is a Biology graduate from the UAE University, Al Ain, and has not got any openings in the field of education, policies or even laboratories. The only offer she got was for a 7am to 5pm job and for as low as Dh 5000,” says Essam Hassan, an Emirati student from the American University of Sharjah (AUS).
“There are not many jobs in the market, be it for Emirati or expatriate students. Either there are no opportunities or the salary is too low,” says the AUS student, disputing theories that it was easier for local graduates to find jobs.
“Many of my expatriate friends have been looking hard for jobs and they say it is really difficult to find openings,” adds Sarah Al Shammari, another Emirati student from the AUS.
While maintaining that it was too early to say anything about the current scenario, Dr Howard Reed, director of Dubai Women’s College, agrees most companies have a hiring freeze and their graduates have been facing challenges.
“Whether it applies to expatriates and Emiratis uniformly, we are not sure. There are many speculations but nobody really knows how things are. However, some of our graduates say they have not been receiving any response. They have been sending in resumes and there hasn’t been any response even for voluntary positions,” he adds.
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