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Eman Al Mansoori, Projects & Events Manager of Dubai Ladies Club commented: “Our objective in hosting and organizing this competition is to encourage young Emirati female entrepreneurs and designers to come forward and unveil their latest designs to an elite audience and clientele. We are confident that this year will bring to the foreground the works and talent of new and promising Emirati designers”.
Abu Dhabi Only three per cent of Emiratis and expatriates enrolling in federal universities fulfil the required score of 185 on their Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (Cepa) exam, which has forced the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) to implement an aggressive plan to try to increase that number to 45 per cent by 2014.
Emiratis working in the private sector constitute 0.3 per cent of the total number of workforce registered with the Ministry of Labour (MoL) according to a study conducted by Dr. Ahmad Zain Al Mannawi, a senior official with the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development according to the local Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm.
Three in five Emiratis quit work because of insensitive bosses, long working hours and unpopular uniforms, a survey shows, throwing another spanner into the works as the country tries to boost local representation in the workforce.
A low retention rate for nationals is undermining the Emiratisation process, according to a survey of more than 6,000 nationals who had recently resigned from corporate positions, which found that 60 per cent had left because of insensitive management.
One of America’s best-known business schools, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is to help open a centre in the capital to encourage entrepreneurship.
Dubai Women's College (DWC) is set to launch its latest bachelor's programmes in September, designed to bridge a gap in the market among the Emirati workforce
As Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) commissions the country’s first integrated steel plant and lays out expansion plans, it is racing ahead to raise production of another commodity important to the economy: skilled Emirati workers.
