Abu Dhabi to create 600,000 jobs

Abu Dhabi is expected to create more than 600,000 new jobs over the next decade, director of the annual Tawdheef exhibition Hayete Jemai said. On the other, the number of Emiratis seeking jobs annually range from 12,000 to 13,000 in Abu Dhabi alone, Jemai said in a statement yesterday. The annual Tawdheef Recruitment Show was inaugurated Tuesday by Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the UAE daily (Gulf News) reported. "For the first time in the exhibition''s history only [organisations] with immediate job openings for UAE nationals are taking part," Jemai noted. Approximately 2,000 vacant positions are being offered at Tawdheef 2012 for Emiratis in more than 100 public and private organisations including government, finance, health care, tourism and hospitality, media, defence and security and telecoms. According to a survey conducted by Informa Exhibitions, the organisers of Tawdheef, 65 per cent of Emiratis who are currently employed are actively seeking better job opportunities, while nearly 45 per cent of Emiratis have been searching for a position for nearly a year. The survey interviewed 365 Emiratis between 18 and 40 years, out of which 44 per cent were women. (QNA) LY