Dubai, one of the seven emirates and capital of UAE, has the largest population. Next to Abu Dhabi, Dubai is the largest emirate by area and is located on south of the Persian Gulf. For people looking for jobs in the Gulf, it is one of the most sought after career destinations. Like a typical Arabic country, economy of Dubai is not concentrated only on oil and gas sectors, it has in fact been able to diversify its economy in the recent years. Apart from tourism, real estate, hospitality and finance sector, health care industry is also offering myriad of career opportunities in Dubai now.
The health care sector presents plenty of jobs in Dubai for expatriates across all levels such as doctors, specialists, surgeons, nurses, attendants, etc. In the current scenario, the demand for nursing jobs in Dubai has been constantly growing. With the entrée of international healthcare companies, world class services are made available to the patients. Both the international and local hospitals in Dubai now look forward to hiring numerous well trained and qualified nurses.
Jobs for nurses in Dubai offer not only good money but also international exposure and contemporary work places. The international hospitals in Dubai are equipped with state of the art infrastructure and world class amenities. The salary paid to nurses in Dubai is tax free resulting in higher savings along with other facilities like free or subsidized accommodations, medical insurance, trips to country of origin, etc. Nursing jobs are mostly on contractual basis in Dubai and so it is suggested that before accepting any job in Dubai, one must read and understand the contract well.
Nursing jobs in Dubai are available with: Hospitals:
Jobs for nurses are available in various departments in hospitals at different levels. Nursing jobs for both specialized nurses as well as general nurses are available. Experienced and highly trained nurses are recruited in departments like emergency department, maternity department, intensive care units, pediatrics department, surgical department, radiology department and others. General Nurses are hired for out patients department in various hospitals. The duties of nurses depend on various factors like their past experience, qualification, requirement of the hospital, etc. They generally work under the guidance of doctors and senior nurses.
Private Doctors and Medical practitioners:
Apart from a career in hospitals, nurses can look for jobs with private doctors or medical practitioners as well. All kinds of doctors and practitioners such as cardiologists, gynecologists, dentists, physiotherapists and others may also recruit nurses to look after the ailing patients. Varied duties may be given to nurses hired privately. There can be other job opportunities offered to private nurses by various other institutions.
Other Avenues:
Other institutions like schools, multi-national companies or influential families may also have the requirement for nurses. Though these kinds of jobs are well paying, they are generally for short period of time. Both international and local schools in Dubai recruit nurses in school dispensaries to look after the students under any emergency, etc. Corporate institutions also hire full time nurses to take care of their employees at the earliest whenever needed. Sometimes, a family may employ a nurse to cater to the elderly members or patients within the family.
The advertisement for jobs for nurses in Dubai is generated through newspapers, recruitment agencies, job portals and company websites. Candidates with prior work experience are preferred especially in international hospitals. Also, employers relate a lot of credibility to references, so references make for one of the most reliable and easiest ways of getting jobs in Dubai.
Since foreign population in Dubai is very high, hospitals employ nurses who can easily understand and get familiar to the requirements of foreigners. This helps in betterment of healthcare facilities offered by paying the right kind of attention to the patients.
Deepika Bansal writes on behalf of NaukriGulf.com, a leading job portal for Jobs in Gulf Region, Jobs in Dubai, Middle East jobs. Naukri.com's foray into the Middle East is an Endeavor to provide established client base with services that best meet their international requirements as well as expand our operations on to a global arena.
Top Ten Job Searching Tips How many of these have you read? Here we go again, but this time I am concentrating on those matters which have emerged over the last two to three years, that we often neglected or failed to use in the past; mainly it's to do with new technology.
1. Get a professional email address.
Ditch the babyangel@gmail.com. Now is the time to professionalise yourself, use your proper name or professional name.
2. Google yourself.
Sounds egotistic doesn't it? But just in case you wrote something many years ago, and it raises its head to bite you in the foot, it is better to check what is out there on you in cyber space. Also while we are at it, blog your email address, telephone number and address as well, all these can leave a digital footprint exposing yourself to other information .
3. Add your email address to your CV or resume.
How many times do I see this omission?
4. Start blogging.
This is a free way of getting yourself known and building your profile.
5. Register on online job sites.
There are many: seek.com, TradeMe/jobs.co.nz, and also check out your local newspaper online listings.
6. Use social networking sites to your advantage.
Make a special professional Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo etc account specifically to your work environment, keep your personal social networks to your friends.
7. Network.
Join societies, organisations and clubs associated to your career. Check out the Yellow Pages and online directories to see what is available, then network with these people.
8. Specialize - Become a Subject Matter Expert.
A sophisticated society has many specialist roles, therefore, the more specialised you are or can become, the more expertise you can provide, and more value to an employer's team. But don't forget to be a generalist in all areas connected with your career.
9. Lead from your strengths.
If you know what you are good at, or above average, or just brilliant at ... then move from that area first. If you are good at public speaking then use that as your primary form of accentuating your strengths.
10. Mitigate your weaknesses.
Similar to number nine. Play down your weaknesses. Avoid (especially in those first couple of meetings) those things that you are not so good at, or generally don't like doing.
Paula Stenberg, 2009http://www.cvstyle.com
Many people look forward to a vacation without cooking or food preparation - but other families look forward to making special vacation fare when they're away from home. Some families have special dietary needs and must prepare food - even on vacation.
When I planned my first major vacation a few years ago I had children with special dietary needs. We also decided that we'd like to take a longer vacation, and eating out for every meal would have been cost prohibitive. It made more sense to me to prepare more meals and enjoy a longer vacation.
We were planning to head to Traverse City, Michigan, which was a two day drive from where we lived. I knew that I'd need to have food prepared for the entire trip up because we weren't able to eat at fast food or chain restaurants along the way.
This is the system I developed to plan for a big road trip and vacation where I knew I'd need to prepare meals:
First, determine how many days you'll be on the road, and decide how many meals you'll need. Some families prepare all meals, other just want to prepare lunch. They prefer to eat breakfast and dinner at a restaurant on the road. You determine what your family needs.
Don't forget about snacks, especially if you're traveling with children. When we travel we typically plan a stop every 2 hours. We have a small snack at every stop we don't eat a meal at. We also have something to drink - cold milk or water (or coffee for the driver). My family prefers to avoid having children drink on the road so they need to go to the bathroom too frequently.
Once you've decided how many meals and snacks you'll need on the road, it's time to determine what foods you'll need to take. Also look at the size of your cooler - what you take is going to have to fit in the cooler. Some of your foods, like trail mix and other snack foods won't need to go into the cooler, but you may want to have a picnic bag or even a reusable grocery bag to keep all of those things and your utensils and cups together.
Take a look at your family's favorite meals and decide which ones might be easy for traveling. Sandwiches are always good, and you can bring the fixings and the bread and put sandwiches together. Roll-ups made with tortillas and sandwich fixings are another good thing. Trail mix, dried fruit, fruit in the peel (like bananas and applies), cheese cubes or string cheese, jerky, and other easy-to-carry foods are good for snacks.
My family has always enjoyed fruit salad on trips, which is easy to prepare and store in a plastic container. Tossed salad can be purchased bagged, or you can buy a head of lettuce and shred it then bag into a resealable bag yourself. Add salad fixings like meat, cheese, nuts, hard boiled eggs, etc. right into the bag, or in separate baggies if you need to tailor salads to each family member. Bring a bottle of salad dressing along.
We have always purchased a gallon of milk and brought it along in the cooler. We bring several gallons of water and just set them in the car. We serve milk with snacks and water with meals.
Plastic utensils, re-sealable bags, disposable plates, paper napkins, and disposable cups make clean-up easy. Just toss everything once you're done. Make sure you bring enough for every meal. If you're going to have something like salad or fruit salad you'll need utensils, so don't forget them. Sandwiches and wraps obviously don't need them.
Look through family travel books and books on vacationing with children for other travel-friendly recipes. With some advance planning a little work in advance of your trip you can have healthy, easy travel food that suits everybody in the family.
Kristen really enjoys vacations - and she really likes writing about them! Since that initial vacation to Traverse City, she and her family have started a site all about adventures in Traverse City. Get more info about vacations in the Grand Traverse region, including directions for driving to Traverse City.
Not really, but it could make the job of an online affiliate marketer a total nightmare in the coming months... selling affiliate products on the web has just gotten much, much tougher.Why?Mainly because Google has taken Froogle, which it created in 2002 and re-named/re-branded it into Google Product Search. Now when anyone searches for a product on the web - Google Product Search will list the products and the stores selling them on the web.Now it should be noted, Google doesn't charge any fees for these listings and accepts no payment for products that show up first; nor does Google make any commissions on sales. Google makes its revenue by selling advertising via Adwords on the Product Search results pages. Any company can submit products thru Google Base to be included in Google Product Search.What's the problem?Actually, there is no problem for the consumer who wants to find the cheapest price for a product. Google offers this great service which will help you find your product. It just cuts out the affiliate marketer who makes a living by promoting products on the web and receiving a small commission in return for their work.But there are some very fundamental issues here that also cuts at the very heart of the Internet as we know it. Is Google changing the rules of how it does business by more aggressively targeting not only specific product keywords but much more broader keyword phrases in their organic search results with programs like Google Product Search? And they're listing their links first in the organic search results or what everyone has come to believe are organic results. This argument is not new, Google has been taking those top spots for years albeit directing buyers to other companies with the best prices and offers.However, is Google now not just targeting a product name or product - but targeting and listing in the #1 spot all the broader keyword phrases which have until recently been dominated by the ordinary website owner? And even in your own iGoogle personal search, you can NOT place your choice ABOVE this Google Product Link.The real tricky question here: isn't Google going from a search engine to a website creator and operator in this process? Is Google now not only providing the results; but is it now creating web pages to match those results? There's nothing wrong with that, Google can do what it wants, but for the small affiliate marketer it means competition. Big competition. In other words, every website on the net now has Google as a potential competitor in organic search.Of course, how far Google goes with this broader keyword targeting has yet to be seen. Only time will tell if Google does indeed have affiliate links and affiliate sites in its cross-hairs. Many affiliate marketers on the web will be waiting nervously for the answer to that question.Again, most people would agree with what Google is doing, since most affiliate marketers only hype the products they're selling and getting those affiliate based sites out of their search results and off the web may not be a bad move on Google's part and for the web as a whole.However, are consumers now getting the real information on products they're buying? One of the great things about the Internet is that it has always offered various types of information and viewpoints on any subject matter - including the products that we buy on the web. By placing itself first in organic search results, Google is saying its information and listed products are the ones you should be getting.Many affiliate marketers have spent years researching and studying a particular product niche and they offer valuable in-depth information on their sites about a particular product or service. They also offer comprehensive general knowledge about products, services and subjects that many searchers genuinely want to find when they search the web for information. It doesn't always mean going directly to the merchant to buy a product, many shoppers want information first, then make their decision.While others will argue what's the big deal, isn't Google also giving other search results besides the top spot? Yes, but as any marketer who has had a # 1 ranking in Google or any search engine for that matter, will know the top spot gets the majority of the traffic. So Google, by reserving the top spot for itself, will now receive the majority of the traffic, which it can exploit with its advertising.Google is smart. Google has smart people. And smart people know the longer you have a web surfer on your site and not on someone else's site, the more money you will make on advertising. By taking the top spot in organic search for every profitable keyword that's searched, and keeping those searchers on web pages derived from those results, Google can create more business for itself. The poor affiliate marketer and every other website owner will just have to settle for second place.
