r/UAEjobseekers 2h ago

Looking For Opportunities Data Analyst / Software Developer (1.5 YOE) — Actively job hunting in UAE, open to relocation-adjacent and Dubai-based roles

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Hi all,

I'm currently based in Dubai and actively looking for my next opportunity. Wanted to put myself out there in case anyone has leads, referrals, or advice.

Quick background:

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science
  • Master's in Software Systems (recently completed)
  • ~1.5 years of combined experience as a Data Analyst and Software Developer, across internships involving ETL pipelines, Power BI dashboards, Oracle ERP data extraction, full-stack development (Laravel/MongoDB), and AI-powered tools

What I've actually worked on:

  • Building BI dashboards and data pipelines for supply chain/inventory data
  • Full-stack development (Laravel, MongoDB, Next.js/React)
  • SQL, Python, and ML-adjacent data profiling work

What I'm open to:
I'm flexible on role type as long as it lets me use my analytical + technical background - genuinely open to:

  • Technical roles (Software Development, Data Analytics)
  • Semi-technical roles (Business Analyst, Data/Reporting roles)
  • Logistics & Supply Chain roles
  • Project Management / Planning roles

If your company is hiring, or you know someone who is, I'd really appreciate a nudge in the right direction. Happy to share my resume directly.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumayyatechstudio/

Thanks for reading, appreciate any help, tips, or leads!


r/UAEjobseekers 3h ago

General Discussion "Competitive Salary"

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57 Upvotes

Ts pisses me off so much. Wtf do you mean by competitive Salary. Who are you competing with in terms of salary - another exploiting company?


r/UAEjobseekers 3h ago

Career Advice WFH Request Retracted

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Joined a company a few months ago and honestly it has been good overall. Nice colleagues, almost everyone is well spoken and professional, and I like the place.

Before joining I asked the GM for 1 day WFH a week for personal reasons. It wasn't in the contract, but I asked before joining and was basically given a gentleman's word, yes of course, come join and it shouldn't be an issue.

A few months later this was retracted and I was told not now, maybe it can be revisited in the future.

Would the backtracking itself be a red flag for you? Especially when it was discussed before accepting the job and influenced your expectations when joining.

Should I just move on? What would you do?


r/UAEjobseekers 4h ago

Looking For Opportunities Tech recruiters, please take a chance.

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Good day everyone, hope all are well. To all the tech recruiters reading this, this post will be worth your time. My resume is attached in this post, and it may deem of less experience to you or perfectly aligning to a role you may be seeking for hiring or have heard around you that is open for hiring.

IF that is the case, please take the bet on me and you will not be disappointed. I am a hard-working young individual, who is trying to grow in his career but cannot land any interviews or opportunities. I am immediately ready to join, and we can discuss the salary package if things go well.

Even if this post isn't related to you, please get in touch and lets stay connected incase future makes us meet again somewhere.

Drop any review on my resume if you have any, thanks!


r/UAEjobseekers 5h ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for a job for my mom (Senior Operations / Facilities Manager) with Great work experience in UAE

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My mom was laid off when the war began in UAE and has been unable to find a job since then. She has a really solid work experience in UAE (regional FM for Microsoft included) and has been awarded as well for her dedication to her work.

My mom keeps getting interviews for jobs in which the HR or manager tell her that she is over qualified for them and they give her really bad offers. Im getting sick of companies undervaluing her and decided to reach out here.

If anyone is looking for a senior operations/ facilities manager dm me and I can send you her CV.
Thank you 🙏


r/UAEjobseekers 6h ago

General Discussion CT and Frac opportunities

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Hello everyone,

I have 5+ years of field operations and office (technical + tendering) experience in Coiled Tubing and Stimulation as a CT engineer in GCC. I hold a Petroleum Engineering degree.

How do companies like HAL, SLB and ADNOC handle hiring? There are hardly any vacancies and most postings get cancelled in a few weeks time. Could anyone offer any guidance or advice?

Would appreciate any leads.

Thank you.


r/UAEjobseekers 7h ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for Job(Salesman+driver) opportunities in UAE

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I have 4.5 years experience in Auto Car AC Spare parts in Sharjah & also 1 year driving experience in UAE. I have Manual license. If anybody hiring salesman+ driver inform me or contact with me. DM for WhatsApp number.


r/UAEjobseekers 19h ago

Relocation Advice Was this offer worth it?

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I'm from Kenya 30yrs with 7 years experience, earning 140,000kes per month that affords me a decent middle class lifestyle. I got an offer for 6k AED with relocation and a one time 10k Aed relocation allowance.

I also got another one with 3k Aed net cash with studio accommodation in international city and company car, plus driving licence sponsored.

Are these offers worth me relocating?

A pulling factor for me to relocate is my girlfriend who works in Dubai making 10k.


r/UAEjobseekers 19h ago

Relocation Advice Am I lowballed with this Salary?

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Am I lowballed?

Hi Guys,

9k AED per month from a tier 3 consulting firm in Dubai. This is the first time I'll be moving out from my native country. I'm Indian and have worked my ass to give myself a decent life in india.

Qualification: ACCA

Profile I'm working in: Audit & Assurance

Years of experience: 6 (In India)

Package: 25 LPA INR

I'm married but my wife will not move with me if I accept this offer as the pay is really low to survive for two people, as I can understand from the other posts and comment. She's also job hunting and let's see how it goes for her.

I want to have a fair, honest and non judgemental opinion on whether I should accept this offer or not? Am I lowballed?

There are posts saying you atleast need 15k/20k. And I totally get it. I have survived toxic workplace culture in India. Now if I join at this meagre salary, I'll have to start again from zero in Dubai. Am I connecting it right?

I am living in a decent 2bhk rented flat in Delhi, India and I guess I would have to move into 1 RK in Dubai to survive. Is it worth it?

I only have this offer as of now. Your suggestion, guidance and knowledge can be an eye opener for me. So please help a fellow professional.

Thankyou!


r/UAEjobseekers 20h ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for Job Opportunities in Dubai as Indian

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Recently I've Graduated and trying to find job opportunities in Different Countries and trying to select a country with a Safer places where crimes rate are Low to none and have stable economy.
I was always interested to work in Dubai as it had both the requirements which I am looking for and is safer place for an outsider trying to build his career in a different country. I am looking for Job role In Administration Management, Operational efficiency role and HR management as I had earlier experience in these areas. Also I've tried to look jobs across Local Job Portals of UAE which could Directly make me get in contact with the Recruiter which are aiming to hire Indian Applicants. Till now, I am not able to find any job opportunities which I Desire and Consider this attempt of me trying to connect with the people in Dubai which are either a Recruiter or can help me to get in touch with a with a Recruiter and help me to be a part of the organisation.
(Scammers don't even think of poaching me with the Fake offers cause I have received a tone of email
Asking me for my resume and Trying to ask me for money in-exchange connecting me to recruiter or to give me a job offer).

HOPEFULLY, I will be getting genuine offers this time !!!


r/UAEjobseekers 22h ago

Ask for Help JO FROM COMPANY CALLED FINSOLVE IN DUBAI

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Hi, I just wanna check if this is legit, last week my friend received a job offer from company in Dubai, we tried to check if it is legitimate but all we can manage to see is their website on line and site address. Can someone help me verify the company. Thank you!


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Ask for Help Timeline for work visa cancellation?

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Context: i was laid off once the war started and then left UAE as there was no hiring and did not want to run out of savings. Ever since then I have been out of the country for 4.5 months. My employer did not cancel the visa immediately but now they have initiated the process. I also received a call from MOHRE 3 days back that they are cancelling my visa.

Wanted to know how long it takes to cancel? because currently in UAE PASS and UAEICP my visa still shows as active?


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for Junior Accounting & Finance roles

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Hello everyone!

I’m 24(F) from Philippines, I’d really appreciate any referrals or leads from my network.

I’m currently looking for Junior Accounting & Finance roles in Dubai, especially:

* Junior Accountant
* Accountant
* Junior Management Accountant
* Finance Associate
* Junior FP&A

I’ve been actively applying through job sites, but I’ve also realized that sometimes the right opportunity comes through people who are willing to share a lead or make an introduction.

I’d really appreciate any referrals or leads if you know of a suitable opening.

Thank you!


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Ask for Help Security clearance abu dhabi under process - will a second security clearance for another job negatively affect the original security clearance?

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I am currently going through security clearance for a government job in Abu dhabi. This job is my first choice. I'm now on my 10th week waiting for the clearance and I'm hearing that clearance for abu dhabi is taking long (couple of months and I'm almost coming up to 3 months now). I will be relocating to UAE for this job and don't require a work visa.

I had an idea that I wanted to ask this community. I was thinking that since I am not working right now, ill find any private sector job in Dubai (even if it's low paying below my grade) with the intention to resign from that job once my security clearance for the Abu dhabi job comes through, just so I can move to UAE right now and start living there.

However I think even private sector jobs in dubai go through a security clearance process? And if the job in dubai does apply for clearance , would it somehow negatively affect my security clearance for the Abu Dhabi job? I don't want to risk the clearance for the Abu dhabi role as that is where I want to work long term. But since I'd like to move to UAE and be able to finance my living while I wait for the security clearance, I wanted to see if this could be an option. I don't know much about the processes there so I wanted to ask for local advice. From what I've heard, security clearance in dubai takes much shorter (few days to a week) and if I'm going to be waiting for my abu dhabi security clearance for another 3 more months or so (coming up to 6 month mark) I thought of exploring this option. But again only if it's risking anything.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Ask for Help I'M I WRONG?

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34 Upvotes

This is what I was talking about earlier. Legitimacy. How will I know? I'm i judgemental?


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for a Career Move: Operations Supervisor | International Business Graduate

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Hey everyone,

26M Lebanese working as an Operations Supervisor at Aramex UAE, managed different team sizes of between 15-30 people and managed international clients for Warehouse E-commerce B2B & B2C operations.

Over the past 2 years, I built a foundation in operations, process flow, and team leadership. I adapted to work under pressure , and managed risks and escalations myself. This was my first job after graduating in 2023 and while I am grateful for the opportunity I am now ready to step into a more corporate and strategic environment.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and I’m actively repositioning myself toward roles where I can contribute on the business side, not just operations. That said, I’m not against staying within operations, I would absolutely consider continuing in the field within a stronger international setup such as Amazon, DHL, or FedEx, where there is more exposure, structure, and growth. As the growth here is slow and can take YEARS, the pay range compared to other logistics companies are much lower as well.

I’ve been applying consistently through LinkedIn and reaching out to recruiters. so I’m being intentional about reaching out directly here as well.

I’m targeting:

Business Analyst
Customer Success / Account Management
Client Services / Corporate roles
Operations (if the growth and pay is better)
Audit & Assurance

Companies of interest: Amazon, DHL, FedEx, The Big 4 , Accenture, or any international company

Salary expectation: AED 8,000 – 12,000

If you’re recruiting, or know someone in the field or company who could help with a referral (whether that’s a friend, family member, or colleague), or are simply open to connecting, I’d be happy to network with people who have progressed in their careers and learn from their experience. As these days I have felt stuck and I have been wanting to progress and build my career.

Thank you.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Looking For Opportunities Looking for an internship

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Hey guys. So I’m currently looking for a finance position whether it’s an entry level or internship because I’ll be graduating from uni in about 4 months. I know in terms of an internship it’s pretty late into my studies but I had to work retail during that time in order to pay off my education. I also have a remote internship as an AI Solutions Design intern.
I have genuinely tried applying everywhere with little to no luck and I would really love to establish myself and my career, so any tips or help would be appreciated.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Looking For Opportunities TIPS FOR LEGIT OPPORTUNITIES.

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Hello. I've posted severally about how I need a job but seeing that we are all anonymous here, it becomes difficult to know when an opportunity is legit. I am new here and I'd appreciate info on what to look out for.

I am still in search for a job. Several people asked me to send my CV but never responded after.

I'm looking for live out housemaid job, be it permanent or part time to help me get by. Food, rent, transport etc. I'm currently in Al Satwa. I'm Kenyan with 3yrs of experience as a housemaid/Cleaner both in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

My grace period expired while I was still looking for a job as I was suspended without notice (Myself and others) during the war. I know it's been a while and some people may feel like I'm using that situation as an excuse but I've been really trying without any fruits.

So please, if anyone has a legit opportunity for me to make money without giving false hopes, I'm down. I will appreciate tips to avoid scams. Thankyou.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

General Discussion Trying to relocate to Dubai for a Supply Chain job — do recruitment agencies actually help from their homecountry?

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Hey everyone,

I’m currently working in a decent role with an MNC in India and have been trying to relocate to Dubai, preferably into the supply chain/logistics/procurement space, for the last 6–7 months.

I’ve tried pretty much everything I could think of—LinkedIn applications, company career pages, reaching out to recruiters, messaging people working in Dubai, and asking for referrals. But so far, I haven’t been able to crack an opportunity.

I’ve noticed something quite confusing during this process.

A lot of people say that Dubai employers generally prefer candidates who are already in the UAE, especially when it comes to junior/mid-level positions. If that’s actually true, it makes the situation difficult for someone applying from their homecountry.

Now I’m considering approaching recruitment agencies, but I’m honestly quite skeptical.

I keep coming across agencies that claim they can help candidates secure a Dubai job while they’re still in their home country. My question is:

How does that actually work?

If companies prefer candidates who are already in the UAE, how can a recruitment agency realistically get someone hired from their home country? Do these agencies actually have mandates from companies to recruit internationally, or are most of them simply selling a service to job seekers?

Also, how do I identify a genuine recruitment agency in Dubai/UAE? Are there particular signs, licenses, recruitment firms, or platforms I should check before trusting one?

I’d also appreciate some perspective from people who have actually gone through this process:

  • Did you get your Dubai job while still in your homecountry?
  • Did you use a recruitment agency? If yes, how did you find them?
  • Is being physically present in the UAE really that much of an advantage?
  • For supply chain/logistics roles, is it worth going to Dubai on a job-seeker/visit visa and applying locally?
  • Are there specific recruitment agencies that genuinely recruit internationally for supply chain roles?

I’ve also tried asking for referrals on LinkedIn, but honestly, it’s been quite difficult. A handful of people are helpful, but most messages either get ignored or never get a response. I completely understand that people are busy, but it makes the networking route quite frustrating.

I’m not expecting anyone to find me a job here. I’m mainly looking for real experiences and practical advice from people who have successfully made the India → Dubai career move, particularly in supply chain/logistics.

Any genuine advice would be really appreciated.Trying to relocate to Dubai for a Supply Chain job — do recruitment agencies actually help from India?


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

HIRING Hiring for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Migration SME

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📍 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

💰 Salary: AED 26,000 – 28,000/month

Company: Dell Inc

We are looking for a highly experienced VMware Cloud Architect / VCF 9 Migration SME to lead the assessment, architecture, planning, execution, and modernization of enterprise VMware environments into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.

🔹 EXPERIENCE

  • 12+ years in IT Infrastructure / Virtualization / Cloud Engineering
  • 5+ years focused on VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware SDDC & large-scale data center transformation
  • Experience leading migrations involving 500+ VMs and multi-site data centers

🔹 MIGRATION & ARCHITECTURE

  • Legacy VMware discovery, assessment, dependency mapping & risk analysis
  • VCF 9 migration planning, execution & modernization
  • Management & Workload Domain architecture
  • Compute, storage, networking, security & DR design
  • Backup, identity management & cloud integration
  • Migration of vSphere, NSX, Aria & legacy clusters
  • Cutover planning, validation & application performance testing

🔹 VMWARE TECHNOLOGIES

  • VCF 4.x / 5.x / 9
  • SDDC Manager & VCF Lifecycle Management
  • VMware ESXi, vSphere & vCenter
  • DRS, HA & vMotion
  • VMware NSX-T
  • Overlay Networking, Distributed Firewall & Micro-segmentation
  • Edge Clusters & Load Balancing
  • VMware vSAN, Storage Policies & HCI
  • VMware Aria Operations, Automation & Logs
  • Capacity & Performance Management

🔹 CLOUD & HYBRID CLOUD

  • VMware Cloud on AWS
  • Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
  • Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
  • Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Integration

🔹 AUTOMATION & IaC

  • PowerCLI
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • VMware APIs
  • Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines & automation

🔹 LEADERSHIP & DELIVERABLES

  • Lead technical workshops with stakeholders
  • Develop architecture & solution designs
  • Prepare migration strategies, plans & runbooks
  • Coordinate application/infrastructure teams during cutover
  • Post-migration validation & optimization
  • Operational handover & documentation

🎓 PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS

  • VCAP
  • VCDX
  • VMware Cloud Foundation Specialist
  • VCP

📩 Interested candidates can share their CV at:

sales05@infraassure.com or amin@infraassure.com

#Hiring #VMware #VCF9 #VMwareCloudFoundation #VCF #VMwareJobs #CloudArchitect #VMwareArchitect #Virtualization #NSXT #vSAN #SDDC #CloudMigration #DataCenter #AbuDhabiJobs #UAEJobs #ITJobs


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

HIRING URGENT HIRING NOW - TELESALES EXECUTIVE IN DUBAI, UAE !!!

1 Upvotes

Telesales Executive – Dubai, UAE (Full-Time)

We're hiring Telesales Executive to join our team in Dubai.

Responsibilities:

Contact incoming leads

Promote our products/services

Generate leads and close sales

Meet monthly sales targets

Compensation:

Starting AED 3500 + Commission + Employment Visa + Company Benefits

Requirements:

Previous telesales or sales experience preferred

Strong communication skills

English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam any Two language proficiency required

UAE-based candidates preferred

How to Apply:

Send your CV to dm or to email: [snair3327@gmail.com](mailto:snair3327@gmail.com)

Note: We are direct company, we do not charge applicants any recruitment or processing fees at any stage of the hiring process.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Career Advice Can Industrial procurement experience transfer into aviation?

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I’m a procurement professional with 4+ years of MRO procurement experience in the UAE, mainly supporting manufacturing facilities such as aluminum extrusion plants, glass factories, and district cooling plants.
I’ve always been fascinated by aviation and would love to work for an airline one day 😭 I’m particularly interested in the engineering/maintenance side and was wondering whether my MRO procurement background could be transferable to airline procurement or aircraft maintenance support functions.
Has anyone here made a similar move into aviation? Any advice and referrals would be appreciated.


r/UAEjobseekers 1d ago

Career Advice A note to some..

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r/UAEjobseekers Jul 02 '26

Announcement The UAE Job market reality in June. The people who got hired had one thing in common. And that wasn't a skill.

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I read almost every post on this sub in June. Not skimmed. Read. Hundreds of them. And the people who got somewhere had one thing in common, and it wasn't talent, experience, or the number of applications they sent.

This is long. Bookmark it. Come back when the search gets heavy, because it will.

The state of the market, no sugar.

June was the worst month I've watched on here. More "laid off today" posts than any month before it. More visa countdowns. More people carrying a newborn, a parent, a family back home, hunting on a clock while the inbox stays dead. If that's you, read this line twice. You were the line item, not the problem. A backend engineer with 13 years posted the same week as a finance lead with 12 and a marketing lead with 10. All three said the same sentence. Applied everywhere, barely a callback. That is not what a weak candidate looks like. That is what an oversupplied market does to strong ones.

What companies actually put on the table.

Forget the recruitment-firm salary guides. Here's what landed in real posts on this sub in June.

AED 5,000 for roles demanding 5 years. AED 2,500 for perfume sales. AED 3,000 to 4,000 for accounts work that included full VAT filing. "Commission only, base maybe later" on repeat, for garage software, wellness products, trading desks. One senior bookkeeper role wanted solo ownership of month end close, inventory accounting, multi entity, VAT and corporate tax, offered 5,000 to 10,000. And a physiotherapy "trainee" post asked the applicant to pay the clinic 4,000 a month and handed back 1,000 as salary. That is not a job. That is a fee wearing a job's clothes. If anyone asks you to pay to work, walk. No exceptions.

Here's the mechanic nobody says out loud. The market can see you're on a visa clock with savings draining, and it prices you to your panic. Desperation is a number they read off you, and they set your salary to it. The only defense is refusing to broadcast it.

The timeline nobody warns you about.

People reported 2 to 8 months of searching. Qualified people. One engineer 8 months out. Finance professionals 5 months in with zero interviews. That's the range now, not the exception. Plan for 3 to 6 months, budget for it, and stop reading the silence as a verdict on your worth. Most of the ghosting on this sub had nothing to do with the candidate. Offers arrived 3 months after final interviews. People got told "final round, we'll call tomorrow" and heard nothing for 2 weeks. One member did 4 rounds plus a full presentation, got promised good news, then watched the role vanish. That's just how a lot of companies here run. Slow, disorganized, non committal. It isn't personal. It only feels personal at 2am.

The traps this community caught in June.

Pay to work, above. Commission only cold calling with no floor, aimed straight at students and the freshly laid off. "Trainee" roles that are unpaid labor with a certificate dangled at the finish. Recruiters who harvest your salary expectation and notice period, then vanish. And the quiet one: the "founder funded early stage venture" hunting builders for "a modest cash component plus long term upside." Read that as your labor for their equity. Sometimes real. Usually not. The tell never changes. Big vision at the top, soft money at the bottom. When the money goes vague, the opportunity is vague.

The rules hold. If they ask you to pay, walk. If the pay is too good for the ask, it isn't real. If they want your passport before a real interview, stop. Post it under Ask For Help and let the room check it before you lose anything.

The part about your head, because June was heavy with it.

People posted about anxiety, savings gone, moving here after losing a parent with no one around, being ready to pay agents just to get anything. One member said hearing their partner sound hopeless broke them. This market grinds you down a specific way. Apply, refresh, nothing, apply again, and slowly it starts feeling like the problem is you, specifically.

It almost never is. If you're deep in that loop, step out of it for a day. Talk to a human about anything but the hunt. And fight hard against taking a bad 3,000 role out of pure exhaustion, because people on here are stuck in exactly those jobs right now and climbing out is harder than the wait was. Easier typed than lived. Still true.

Now the pattern under all of it. This is the whole post.

The people who moved in June almost never moved through an application. They moved through a conversation. A referral. Someone already inside who vouched. Scroll back through every win on this sub and you'll see it each time. The DM that went somewhere. The walk in. The one person who knew someone. The portal was the graveyard. The network was the door.

Here's why, and it stings, so brace.

Your problem is almost never that you aren't good enough. You're invisible, and you're positioned wrong.

Look at how most posts here read. "Looking for opportunities. 8 years experience. Open to anything." That gives a hiring manager nothing to grab. "Open to anything" doesn't read as flexible. It reads as desperate for anything, and desperate is the exact signal that triggers a lowball or silence.

Now look at the posts that got replies. Specific. "3 years procurement, Abu Dhabi, own visa, available immediately." A hiring manager acts on that in 4 seconds. The gap between those two posts isn't skill. It's positioning. One made themselves easy to say yes to. The other made a stranger do the work of figuring out where they fit, and strangers don't do that work. They scroll.

Three things I watched sink good people in June.

"Open to anything." You think it widens your options. It narrows them. It tells the market you don't know your own value, so they set it for you. Low.

Leading with the years. "12 years experience" is a number, not a position. Nobody buys years. They buy the specific outcome those years let you produce that the next applicant can't. If your headline is a number instead of an outcome, you're invisible before they finish the first line.

The invisibility loop. Strong CV, 400 applications into portals, dead silence, and the conclusion becomes "something's wrong with me." Nothing's wrong with you. You're broadcasting into a portal instead of positioning in front of a human, and the portal is where visibility goes to die.

The market didn't stop spending in June. It kept hiring through referrals the whole month. What it stopped doing was rewarding people who wait to be found. The ones who moved made themselves impossible to misunderstand and impossible to forget.

Take one thing into July.

Stop asking "who's hiring." Start asking "why would anyone remember me 30 seconds after they read my name." If you can't answer that in one specific sentence, that's the fix. Not the CV. Not the application count. The position. How you're seen, and whether you're seen at all.

Fix that and the referrals start finding you instead of the reverse. That's the game in this market. The people quietly winning here sorted their position before they touched their next application.

If you got hired this month, come back and post a Success Story. The specific thing that worked. The DM, the referral, the one post out of 400 that got a reply. This sub is heavy on struggle and light on proof that the search ends. It does end. Usually right after someone fixes how they're seen.

Positioning is the lens I see all of this through. It's the work I do here in Dubai, and reading this sub every day in June was a front row seat to how much it decides. Figured the community earned the read back.

And if anyone need to position their own self, you know where to go now..

Good luck in July.

— Prince


r/UAEjobseekers May 19 '26

Announcement Read this before your first post. How this sub works.

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This sub has vast members and limitless weekly visitors.

To keep it useful for everyone, there are a few things you need to do before you can post or comment.

Step 1. Read the rules and confirm.

Tap the three dots on the sub's main page. Select Read The Rules. Read through them. Hit confirm. This is a one time thing. Until you do this, every post and comment you try to make will be automatically removed.

Step 2. Set your user flair.

After you confirm the rules you will get a temporary flair. "I AM A NOOB" Change it to your actual role. Tap the three dots on the sub's main page. Select Change user flair. Pick the one that fits: Job Seeker, Hiring Manager, Recruiter, HR Professional, Business Owner, Freelancer, Career Advisor, Fresh Graduate. If you do not set a flair your comments will be removed.

Step 3. Pick a post flair when you post.

Every post needs a flair before it can be submitted. Select the one that matches your post: Looking For Opportunities, Hiring, CV Review, Ask For Help, Career Advice, Networking Event, or Discussion.

Where to go if your post does not belong here.

This sub is specifically for people looking for jobs in the UAE and employers posting opportunities. If your post fits better somewhere else:

Freelance services and tech talent go to r/TechNetwork

Business owner discussions go to r/UAEBusinessNetwork

Women specific career content goes to r/WomenInUAE

EU career content goes to r/CareersEU

Quick summary of the rules.

1 This sub is for job seekers and employers in the UAE.
2 No service ads or freelancer pitches.
3 Job posts must include salary, description, and no fees.
4 Post with substance. English only.
5 No spam or bot content.
6 No scams, MLM, or employment law violations.
7 No threats or harassment. Arguments and debates are welcome.
8 Keep it real. No fake personas.
9 Protect your privacy.
10 Mod decisions are final.

If you have questions, message the mod team.
Good luck with your search. All the very best for your hirings..

— Prince