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    Jobs in Dubai

    Once my contract ends I would like to take the opportunity to work in Dubai - to check out the lifestyle as well as earn a reasonable tax-free income.

    Does anyone here have experience of applying for jobs/contracts there?

    #2
    Originally posted by TazMaN View Post
    Once my contract ends I would like to take the opportunity to work in Dubai - to check out the lifestyle as well as earn a reasonable tax-free income.

    Does anyone here have experience of applying for jobs/contracts there?
    When you get some advice let us know as i would love to work there as well. I colleague at work is due to go out their soon with his mrs (who is a construction PM) he is going to get a simple QA job on approx £50k pa tax free while she will be earning stupid money and getting the free accomodation. for 2 years of your life it must be worth a crack
    Thats the way the cookie crumbles

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      #3
      Dubai

      My mate is out there now and says its great, i have been thinking about it for a while, does anybody know a good place to start looking for contracts for software developers?

      Taz,

      can you keep me informed of anything you find.

      Cheers.

      Paul.

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        #4
        Try Jobserve ? I sent my CV to a couple of jobs on there and got called back by an agency from Dubai the same day. Procedure seemed to be mass interviews and a same day decision in London. You tend to get paid in dollars and the exchange rate made it not worthwhile for me at the time. Just had a search for the past 7 days and no ads in my game came up so I can't tell you the agency in question.

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          #5
          Originally posted by TazMaN View Post
          Once my contract ends I would like to take the opportunity to work in Dubai - to check out the lifestyle as well as earn a reasonable tax-free income.

          Does anyone here have experience of applying for jobs/contracts there?
          Applied for job, got, dint take in the end because of restrictions + it would have been tricky for my wife. We're always giving it more thought though the big attraction is the location and you're pretty much 6 hours flight away from some of our fav destations.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #6
            I just got an offer for Riyadh which I'm trying to fit into my current contract. Its quite nice, 2 weeks onsite for 6 times for a period of 6 months. If I can't do it then they're looking for someone who can install the following: IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE on z/OS V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for CICS V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for DB2 Performance Monitor on z/OS V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon DE on z/OS V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for Storage on z/OS V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for Mainframe Networks V4.1.0, IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for Messaging V6.0.0, IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for WebSphere (z/OS) V6.1.0.
            Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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              #7
              Scooter / Darmstadt

              Might I ask how you found these jobs?

              I'd even take a lower paid permie job (well, £50k) just to go for the experience.

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                #8
                Originally posted by TazMaN View Post
                I would like to take the opportunity to work in Dubai - to check out the lifestyle as well as earn a reasonable tax-free income.
                You don't need to go all the way to Dubai to live and work tax free in what is essentially a shopping arcade...

                loads of people over here are already at it:

                http://www.thoughtcat.com/sa4qe/images/roc5.jpg
                Last edited by the average man; 7 December 2007, 13:02.

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                  #9
                  Dubai hires cheap Indians so unless the roles are highly specialised, or you are prepared to work for rates that are a bit higher than those in India then forget it.
                  Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                    #10
                    is this true about the buffalo hunters???

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