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kage
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 Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: Jobs in the middle east |
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Hello, I am new and starting a new topic. So everybody don't flame me at once. Anyway I am part of the great new class of architects - "laid off". I am finding little to absolutley zero interest in my resume, despite my 20+ years in the business. Oh well. But I do notice some ads from Dubai, Qatar, UAE for archs and PMs. Does anyone know how this might work for an American with no arabic? Does anyone know of a forum where such topics might be discussed? Thanks!
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Kevin
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Sorry to say, in general, it seems the boom is shutting down there too - just a little later in sequence.
Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html
| Quote: | Sofia, a 34-year-old Frenchwoman, moved here a year ago to take a job in advertising, so confident about Dubai’s fast-growing economy that she bought an apartment for almost $300,000 with a 15-year mortgage.
Now, like many of the foreign workers who make up 90 percent of the population here, she has been laid off and faces the prospect of being forced to leave this Persian Gulf city — or worse.
“I’m really scared of what could happen, because I bought property here,” said Sofia, who asked that her last name be withheld because she is still hunting for a new job. “If I can’t pay it off, I was told I could end up in debtors’ prison.”
With Dubai’s economy in free fall, newspapers have reported that more than 3,000 cars sit abandoned in the parking lot at the Dubai Airport, left by fleeing, debt-ridden foreigners (who could in fact be imprisoned if they failed to pay their bills). Some are said to have maxed-out credit cards inside and notes of apology taped to the windshield.... |
If anyone knows of legitimate new job opportunities, I'm sure there would be a lot of interest! |
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