Bank offers on spot recruitment to attract talented UAE Nationals at the largest recruitment event

Dubai, April 28, 2015

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, marked strong participation at the 15th edition of Careers UAE that commenced today.

The bank was honoured by a visit by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre, to the Emirates NBD stand, during his official tour of the event.  

Emirates NBD's Vice Chairman, Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, provided an overview of the bank's Emiratisation strategy to attract and empower talented UAE Nationals to take up complex job roles within the bank.

Emirates NBD's participation at this year's exhibition will see the bank offering spot interviews and admissions to successful applications received for its 'Programme for Accelerated Learning' (PAL), a talent development programme for university graduates.

PAL is, a six-month intense training and talent development programme aimed at nurturing the talent of young UAE National university graduates who aspire for career growth in the banking sector.

The bank also offers a variety of training and mentoring programmes under its Al Misha'al programme, which is targeted at High School graduates. The programme inducts high school graduates into the bank following three months of rigorous training in various job-related subjects such as banking operations, branch automation, and customer service, among others.

To know more about Emirates NBD's training programs for UAE Nationals, please visit: www.emiratesnbd.com/careers/en/nationalization

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About Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD is a leading banking Group in the region.  As at 31st March 2015, total assets were AED 367.5 billion, (equivalent to USD 100). The Group has a leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with more than 215 branches and over 889 ATMs and CDMs in the UAE and overseas.  It is a major player in the UAE corporate and retail banking arena and has strong Islamic banking, Global Markets & Treasury, Investment Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management and Brokerage operations. 

The Group has operations in the UAE, Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and representative offices in India, China and Indonesia.

The Group is an active participant and supporter of the UAE's main development initiatives and of the various educational, environmental, cultural, charity and community welfare establishments.

For further information, please contact:
Ajith Henry
Communications - Group Marketing, Emirates NBD
Tel: 971-4-3874421
Mob: 971 55 6612391
Email: AjithH@emiratesnbd.com

Tricia Rego
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller; Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971-4-4507600; Fax: 971-4-4358040
Email: tricia.rego@bm.com

© Press Release 2015