A lot of the larger multinational companies recruit through international recruitment agencies.
If you're looking in the Gulf Times, you're looking in the wrong place.
Where does Qatar recruit most of its oil and gas workers from? Doha? No. It recruits them from overseas. So they wouldn't generally place an ad for a chemical engineer here, because the ones who are here are already employed and tied to their sponsors and not easily able to move jobs, they need 'fresh blood' so they won't be doing their main recruiting through the Gulf Times.
You say: "Even after having a master's degree from one of the world's top ten universities doesn;t help bcoz the so called highly qualified recruiters in Qatar don't even know about that university."
Are you sure that's the right way round? You say you have a masters from one of the top ten universities but the 'so called' highly qualified recruiters aren't aware of it. Are you sure you don't have a masters from a 'so called' top ten university that the highly qualified recruiters haven't heard of?
I don't mean that in any kind of derogatory way, but I'm aware that in the UK lots of the less prestigious universities tell overseas students all kinds of b*ll*cks to get them to enrol and pay their overseas student fees. Lots of the not so good universities pretend that they have a very good reputation, but they don't. I've met someone in my field who has been an overseas student and they've paid a lot of money to a university they think is the bees knees when I know it doesn't have a very good reputation. It's possible to manipulate statistics to tell you anything is 'top ten'. I felt sorry and angry on behalf of my colleague who had been duped in that way.
Also, bear in mind that there are cultural differences in the way different nationalities recruit. You emphasise your qualification. It's a cultural thing. Lots of, e.g. asians will emphasise their academics, their ability to pass exams and the fact they have the right qualifications, whereas europeans and north americans will place greater store on work experience and 'soft skills' like team working, problem solving, working on initiative, time management, and so on.
It's something to bear in mind when approaching a recruiter. If you're speaking with or being interviewed by someone who values paper certificates, the academic qualifications, you need to appreciate their priorities and to reassure them that you meet their criteria, that you have the requisite certificates and qualifications.
On the other hand, if you're being interviewed by someone who values the work experience and 'soft skills', you wouldn't help your chances if they asked you, tell me why you think you can do this job, and you tell them "I have a masters from a top ten university". An answer like that doesn't reassure them you can do the job. It reassures them that you can study and write a dissertation, but it doesn't reassure them that you perform in a real-life work environment.
If you're speaking to a recruiter who prioritises the soft skills, your masters qualification gets you the phone call or interview, it isn't what makes you suitable to do the job. If someone like that asks: "Tell me why you think you can do this job?", you need to tell them about work experience, how you've solved problems (during your university lab sessions and in writing up your dissertation if you don't have actual work experience), explain how you've worked in teams before to achieve goals and so on. You need to reassure them not that you have certificates but that you have 'transferable skills'.
Bear in mind the kind of cultural attitudes of the recruiters you speak to and provide the kind of culturally appropriate answers they need.
There are all kinds of 'cultural sensitivity' training sessions that companies send people on when they're starting a new posting in a foreign country, to explain such differences and promote understanding. But it's a bit of a chicken:egg situation. You have to have some level of awareness of cultural differences to make it through the application and selection process.
A lot of the larger multinational companies recruit through international recruitment agencies.
If you're looking in the Gulf Times, you're looking in the wrong place.
Where does Qatar recruit most of its oil and gas workers from? Doha? No. It recruits them from overseas. So they wouldn't generally place an ad for a chemical engineer here, because the ones who are here are already employed and tied to their sponsors and not easily able to move jobs, they need 'fresh blood' so they won't be doing their main recruiting through the Gulf Times.
You say: "Even after having a master's degree from one of the world's top ten universities doesn;t help bcoz the so called highly qualified recruiters in Qatar don't even know about that university."
Are you sure that's the right way round? You say you have a masters from one of the top ten universities but the 'so called' highly qualified recruiters aren't aware of it. Are you sure you don't have a masters from a 'so called' top ten university that the highly qualified recruiters haven't heard of?
I don't mean that in any kind of derogatory way, but I'm aware that in the UK lots of the less prestigious universities tell overseas students all kinds of b*ll*cks to get them to enrol and pay their overseas student fees. Lots of the not so good universities pretend that they have a very good reputation, but they don't. I've met someone in my field who has been an overseas student and they've paid a lot of money to a university they think is the bees knees when I know it doesn't have a very good reputation. It's possible to manipulate statistics to tell you anything is 'top ten'. I felt sorry and angry on behalf of my colleague who had been duped in that way.
Also, bear in mind that there are cultural differences in the way different nationalities recruit. You emphasise your qualification. It's a cultural thing. Lots of, e.g. asians will emphasise their academics, their ability to pass exams and the fact they have the right qualifications, whereas europeans and north americans will place greater store on work experience and 'soft skills' like team working, problem solving, working on initiative, time management, and so on.
It's something to bear in mind when approaching a recruiter. If you're speaking with or being interviewed by someone who values paper certificates, the academic qualifications, you need to appreciate their priorities and to reassure them that you meet their criteria, that you have the requisite certificates and qualifications.
On the other hand, if you're being interviewed by someone who values the work experience and 'soft skills', you wouldn't help your chances if they asked you, tell me why you think you can do this job, and you tell them "I have a masters from a top ten university". An answer like that doesn't reassure them you can do the job. It reassures them that you can study and write a dissertation, but it doesn't reassure them that you perform in a real-life work environment.
If you're speaking to a recruiter who prioritises the soft skills, your masters qualification gets you the phone call or interview, it isn't what makes you suitable to do the job. If someone like that asks: "Tell me why you think you can do this job?", you need to tell them about work experience, how you've solved problems (during your university lab sessions and in writing up your dissertation if you don't have actual work experience), explain how you've worked in teams before to achieve goals and so on. You need to reassure them not that you have certificates but that you have 'transferable skills'.
Bear in mind the kind of cultural attitudes of the recruiters you speak to and provide the kind of culturally appropriate answers they need.
There are all kinds of 'cultural sensitivity' training sessions that companies send people on when they're starting a new posting in a foreign country, to explain such differences and promote understanding. But it's a bit of a chicken:egg situation. You have to have some level of awareness of cultural differences to make it through the application and selection process.
Good luck!