The National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority (Tanmia) will be organising Open Day, a Mini Career Fair to explore employment opportunities for UAE National job seekers, on June 22, 2005 at Dubai Women’s College.
The Open Fair will extend Tanmia’s partnership with employers who signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tanmia, during the recently concluded Careers UAE 2005.
Marwan Al Sawaleh, Assistant Director General and Director of the Employment and Skills Development Center, Tanmia, said: “I would like to express my gratitude to the participating employers for demonstrating their support to the Emiratisation drive. Such an initiative fulfills the needs of both employers and jobseekers, as employers have an opportunity to fill job vacancies after interacting with a large pool of National jobseekers, assembled at one common platform. On the other hand, National jobseekers will be able to interact with several prospective employers and get acquainted with various aspects of the UAE job market.”
“The Open Day is a result of Tanmia’s highly successful participation in Careers UAE 2005, where Tanmia signed strategic MoUs with leading companies from the banking sector and with several government departments,” he added.
The participating employers at the Open Day will include Emirates Airlines, Dubai Islamic Bank, HSBC Bank, Citibank, Mashreq Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank, Emirates Bank and Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department.
Faud Sheban, HR Manager, HSBC Bank said: “At present there are a lot of vacancies to be filled up at the bank, across various departments like customer service, IT and human resources. During the Open Day we will explain to the job seekers how to apply online through our website. We will add the profiles of the job seekers to our database for future reference as well. HSBC will hire fresh graduates with diploma or higher diploma and also experienced applicants and we will train the new employees on our processes in coordination with Tanmia. HSBC currently hires more than 700 Nationals in various branches across the UAE.”
The Open Day will be attended by a large number of UAE National job seekers from Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, in addition to Dubai Women’s College students and prospective employers.
Heesa Al Ghurair, Human Resources Business Advisor, Barclays Bank said, “More than 20 per cent of our employees in the UAE are Nationals, who besides being among our best performing employees have also proved that they fit well in a multinational, multicultural work environment. We are participating in the Open Day primarily to fill about 10 vacancies in the finance, accounting and project development departments of the bank.”
“As per the Memorandum of Understanding, the employers will provide focused training to the job seekers to empower them with the required skills to handle the challenges at the workplace. Tanmia is committed in its efforts to provide the best employment opportunities for UAE Nationals and to significantly enhance their contribution to the country’s economic progress, by making them an integral part of the workforce. We also look forward to the continued participation of companies from the private sector in the Emiratisation process,” said Essa Ali bin Salem Al-Zaabi, Manager, Dubai Office, Tanmia.
During Careers UAE, Tanmia representatives provided valuable information to business owners and visitors about Tanmia’s services. They also focused on educating jobseekers visiting Tanmia’s stand about making use of the Authority’s comprehensive web portal that helps Nationals access the job market
