by Faro | Dec 21, 2018 | Construction, Expatriate Workers, Human Resources, Human Rights, MENA, Population Migration, Sponsorship
Migrant or expatriate workers continue adding to the labour force of oil-rich Gulf due to mega-construction projects, UN data shows. Al Jazeera posted this article dated 20 Dec 2018 elaborating on a situation known to all since the advent of oil. Gulf Arab...
by Faro | Apr 10, 2018 | Business, Employment, Expatriate Workers, Finance and Investment, MENA, Monetary policies, Small Business, Sponsorship, Start-ups
WAM, the Emirates News Agency posted this article April 8th, 2018 about the UAE with the second-largest Arab economy, is leading the Arab world in attracting Foreign Direct Investment, (FDI). It is known that Dubai leads Arab start-ups but the recent Saudi Arabian...
by Faro | Jan 26, 2018 | Employment, Expatriate Workers, Human Resources, Sponsorship
Here is an interesting interpretation of the latest LINKEDIN 2018 Recruiting Trends in the MENA review as published by COMMSMEA on January 22nd, 2018. The ensuing conversation is best to be followed directly on COMMSMEA’s Twitter account. To be followed. LinkedIn...
by Faro | Dec 5, 2017 | Expatriate Workers, Human Resources, MENA, Sponsorship
An interesting article of Gulf Business posted on December 4, 2017 on how Saudi Arabia in its multi-facetted program of “Saudization” is getting down to the nitty-gritty of specialized retail business. As if the country does have enough things to worry about these...
by Faro | May 16, 2017 | Business, Corruption, Democracy, Diversification of the economy, Economic Development, Employment, Expatriate Workers, Governance, Sponsorship
It is under a title like this “How to get UAE residence visa for your parents in Dubai” in most of the GCC countries major papers that some sort of emigration appears to be underway or at least facilitated. After our daily review of the local press online; a clear...
by Faro | Apr 19, 2017 | Expatriate Workers, Government Policy/Regulation/Legislation, Human Resources, Sponsorship
The Guardian’s of April 10th, 2017 published an article written by Emma Graham-Harrison on how West African migrants are being bought and sold openly in modern-day slave markets in Libya, survivors have told a UN agency helping them return home. Trafficked people...
