Cisco's Focused Recruitment Drive Looks to Hire Best Talent in UAE to Fill Available Positions
DUBAI, UAE, 12 June 2013 - Cisco today hosted its inaugural Career Day 2013 at its Dubai offices in Knowledge Village. The day-long event attracted an unprecedented 500 prospective candidates, and provided the opportunity for skilled executives and university graduates in the UAE to meet Cisco career experts and business leaders who are recruiting to fill available positions at all levels within various departments locally.
Candidates were able to meet and network with members of Cisco's UAE leadership team and as well as gather valuable information about available job openings and opportunities within Cisco. They were also able to discuss the latest technology innovations and market trends, as well as the technical and soft skills Cisco is looking for in the UAE.
"Our inaugural Career Day here in the UAE has proved to be a very worthwhile effort and we are very impressed not only with the high number of attendees but also the caliber of candidates we saw today," commented Rabih Dabboussi, Managing Director Cisco UAE. "Cisco is committed to increasing access to career opportunities, to candidates across the UAE and we are delighted that we are able to actively initiate a recruitment drive to fill available positions across our organization. Cisco is at a very exciting place to work at present being at forefront of Internet of Everything (IoE), an era where the Internet has the potential to dramatically improve the lives of everyone on our planet. The business value to be gained through the Internet of Everything is presenting a new level of opportunity for technology leadership and Cisco is actively recruiting at all levels to ensure that we are able to optimize this market transition," Dabboussi concluded.
"Today's Career Day is a first for Cisco in the UAE but the high attendance demonstrated that there is a huge demand for positions in the IT sector across the region," commented Toneya Sarwar, HR Manager, and Cisco UAE. "Cisco's goal was to match our interests and employment objectives with potential candidates through in-depth discussions, assessment, consultation and interviews. We are very satisfied with the candidates that we met and valued the opportunity to be able to appraise their skills as well identify concrete job opportunities for quite a number of successful candidates."
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