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	Recruitment Agencies Dubai, UAE

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Recruitment Agencies and Consultants (Job Agencies, Employment Agency, CVs)

If you're looking for a recruitment agency or consultant in Dubai and the UAE, you'll find plenty to choose from. There are a large and growing number of employment agencies and job agencies in Dubai ranging from very good to very poor.

One annoyance that many people complain about is that recruiting agencies often request a fee to sign up with them and/or to be placed in a job. This is not allowed according to the UAE Ministry of Labour, so it would make sense to try and find a job agency that doesn't charge a fee. There are agencies (usually online) for jobs in Dubai that operate out of another country and so could claim to be able to legitimately charge you a fee. However, many other countries ban this practice also. Employment agencies normally get their fees from the employer, not the employee.

Some recruitment consultants in the UAE will assist you with writing CVs and application letters, and/or they may offer consulting services and psychometric evaluations to assist you in choosing a suitable career and job. You can expect to pay a fee for these services.

There are many UAE job websites but they have a mixed reputation and it would be advisable to try and find out if they are reputable before sending money or personal information. There is a list below of some online employment websites that we know of, both good and not so good.

Recruitment agencies for construction workers have a particularly bad reputation with labourers commonly being charged for their own visas (illegal according to UAE law) in addition to being asked to pay substantial fees to come to Dubai and the UAE for work. In May 2006 the Labour Minister, Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, said these labour agencies would be shut down and replaced by workers' cities. This could take a while though.

List of Employment Agencies in Dubai worth a look

This list of employment or recruitment agencies are ones we have heard good things about. That's all. It does not mean we recommend or endorse them, and there are bound to be clients with negative reports (or competitors trying to run them down). No organisation can please all of the people all of the time. As far as we know, none of the agencies in this list charge the job seeker a fee for finding a job. If they do, please add a comment in the Dubai job forum (see also the UAE job agency topic) or let us know. Recruitment agency website links are at the bottom of the page.

BAC Middle East - tel +971-4-3375747. Well-established, they started operating in 1979, www.bacme.com.
Bayt.com - large online recruiter in Dubai.
Charterhouse Middle East - tel +971-4-3325116. Located in Suite 502, Al Moosa Tower 1, Sheikh Zayed Road. Also have offices in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne. Website is www.charterhouseme.ae, not .com (note domain ends in .ae - the www.charterhouseme.com domain was a spam website when last checked in February 2008).
Clarendon Parker Middle East, CPME - tel +971-4-3910460. They've been around since 1994, based in Internet City and operates throughout the GCC. Has a section on www.theemiratesnetwork.com (TEN) online job search portal since July 2007. Office 205, Building 1, Dubai Internet City. They also have offices in Dubai Airport Free Zone, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. CPME was acquired by Manpower Inc in December 2007 / January 2008. Website www.clarendonparker.com.
IQ Selection - tel +971-4-3297770. IQ have a good reputation, you'll recognize their funky advertisements in local newspapers. Location 901/902 Park Place, Sheikh Zayed Road. Open Sunday-Thursday 8.30am-5.30pm. Website www.iqselection.com.
Kershaw Leonard (www.kershawleonard.net - not .com) tel +971-4-3434606. KL Only began operations in Dubai in 1999 but has a good reputation. In the Emarat Atrium building on Sheikh Zayed Road, just before Safa Park interchange if heading in Abu Dhabi direction. Parking is difficult. Sunday-Thursday 7.30am-6.00pm. KL also have an office in Doha. Note that www.kershawleonard.com does not appear to be owned by Kershaw Leonard (according to a whois check October 2008).
Monster.com - may be a good one. Well-known international recruitment website with a UAE job website established in August 2006

Recruitment Agencies in Dubai with question marks

If a recruitment agency is in this list, it means we have heard something about them that makes us raise our eyebrows. Some might say they are scams but we'll leave that sort of comment to the Dubai job forum. For example, organisations in this list may ask the job-seeking candidate for a recruitment fee up front (which is not allowed in the UAE, or in many other countries) or they recommend visa procedures that seem to be at odds with normal practice. Or their contact details / job descriptions indicate they are misinformed about aspects of Dubai and the UAE. We would suggest you try to find out more about these job agencies (independently) before parting with money and/or important documents. Note that all links in this section are to forum topics or other Dubai FAQ pages, not to organisation website.

Dubai Employment Board - a questionable entity which does not appear to be supported by any official UAE authority.
Global Recruiters - there are several organisations with the same name. The one that advertises jobs in Dubai appears to be London based with a Dubai contact (address given as 76 Sheikh Zayed Road), and unusual procedures for the procurement of an employment visa. At least 3 organisations they claim to be seeking teachers, do not exist as far as we can tell (Deira Homeland School, Atika Language School, Zafirah Language Institute). We'd suggest you independently confirm any job offers received from them before handing over your cash or important documents. See also the Global Recruiters discussion in the forum
Global Recruiting Resources - looks like a new, improved website from Global Recruiters, but the rest of it appears to be just the same.
Jobs in Dubai - it seems to be relatively easy to find many dissatisfied clients, along with several critical articles in the press, for the "Jobs in Dubai" company. Many sources bluntly say that Jobs in Dubai is a scam. Having said that, there are also reports of people saying they successfully had their job application fee refunded (not that they should have paid one in the first place), or found a job through Jobs in Dubai. Of course, this starts a circular argument with critics saying that Jobs in Dubai employees are spamming forums with success stories, and criticisms of other, more reputable, job search companies. Unsurprisingly, Jobs in Dubai say they do no such thing.
SOS Recruitment (www.sosrecruitment.net - not .com) tel +971-4-3965600. Offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Kuwait. Unfortunately it looks like SOS didn't get hold of www.sosrecruitment.com, which seems to be a spam website. SOS Recruitment were one of our suggested employment agencies and they probably still deserve to be but we've discovered a minor negative reputation indicator for SOS Recruitment. It may not be their fault but until we can clear it up, SOS are not on our suggested list.

Emirati / UAE national recruitment organisations

Aamal - recruitment agency for UAE nationals set up by Clarendon Parker Middle East and Emirates People Recruitment Company (from Abu Dhabi).
EMASCO Recruitment Consultants
www.emiratisation.org - news and commentary on recruitment of UAE citizens and the emiratisation process.
Macs Search
Tanmia - The National Human Resource Development & Employment Authority - a Federal Government organisation founded to search for and create job opportunities for UAE national citizens.
www.uaegraduate.com (Al Ruwais Human Resource Consultancy) - an online portal for UAE nationals looking for jobs. Or employers looking for UAE citizens as employees.

Online Job Agencies for Jobs in Dubai

Information moved to Dubai job websites page.

Other sources of jobs - classified advertisements

Gulf News - daily UAE newspaper in English with good jobs section nearly every day.
Khaleej Times - another UAE daily in English.
The National - has started to produce a jobs section in 2009 (much smaller than the Gulf News section but will probably grow)

Recruitment Agencies Dubai, UAE

Recruitment Agencies and Consultants (Job Agencies, Employment Agency, CVs)

List of Employment Agencies in Dubai worth a look

Recruitment Agencies in Dubai with question marks

Emirati / UAE national recruitment organisations

Online Job Agencies for Jobs in Dubai

Other sources of jobs - classified advertisements

Last update Wednesday 27-May-2009

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