Dubai e-government is to create a single-window e-recruitment facility for 21 government departments, said a government official.
"This will help us to channel all the government recruitment through a single-window facility, where the departments can post their vacancies as well as job-seekers can apply online to any of the 21 departments of Dubai Government," said Nasser Alhaj of Dubai e-government.
"Currently, there are 63 job vacancies in 10 of the 21 government departments. We continuously update this.
"In future, we are going to bring in the semi-government organisations like Emarat, Enoc, Ducab, Dubal and Emaar into the facility. There are plans to also add selected private companies with a very good working environment in the facility," he added.
Meanwhile, emiratisation in various Dubai government departments is reported to vary, with some having a very low penetration of UAE nationals.
Among Etisalat's 10,500 employees, 4,500 are UAE nationals, while the Department of Civil Aviation hires over 600 nationals among 2,400 employees. Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity has achieved 55 per cent emiratisation, while Dubai Government's Department of Health and Medical Services has recorded 50 per cent emiratisation with local employment reaching 8,350 among close to 17,000 employees.
Among the semi-government organisations, Emaar has recorded 25 per cent emiratisation, while the Sharjah-based IFFECO Group has only six UAE nationals on its payroll of 3,800 employees.
"We have a standard policy of recruiting and training UAE nationals. We have taken batches of UAE nationals and trained them. Our working standards and facilities meet most of their expectations. However, we have seen that they leave the job after a few months, opting for government jobs," said Syed Jamal Hussain, IFFECO group general manager for human resources.
"We want to increase our intake of UAE nationals. This year, we are planning to take 12 candidates and train them and, in five years, our target is to hire over a 100 UAE nationals. However, it is unlikely that they will remain with the company that long.
"We have also noticed that mostly females are looking for work. In our manufacturing and distribution network, we cannot put them in production and distribution work. Also they cannot take up shift duties. However, some of the recruits have taken up the challenges and are coping very well."
According to the Ministry of Planning, the national labour force has declined from 15.2 per cent in 1975 to 9.1 per cent in 1995. During this period, the size of the labour force grew from 293,788 to 1,335,894.
Though their share of the labour market has declined, the number of UAE national employees has increased from 44,631 in 1975 to 121,291 in 1995 due to strong growth in the overall labour market.
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