She has a point, Alexa, and I do sympathise with her, to a point. But, the world isn't as simple as she makes out.
Her remark about fast food restaurants is clearly a dig at the notion that people don't want to employ fresh graduates without any experience when they can hire people who have proven themselves with past work experience. Any employer will agree that taking people straight from uni who have never worked almost always ends badly. Sadly, Qatari families that shelter their children from the reality that they should find work and support themselves are only making it harder for their children to find a decent job later in life.
However I strongly disagree in the to her suggestion that, generally speaking, Qataris are every bit as 'qualified' as, well, anyone else. As Ngourlay clearly points out, this is simply not the case.
Any sample of the Qatari population when compared to a like sample from a different population (English, Indian, Filipino, Japanese, whatever) will clearly show that general education levels amongst Qataris are low. Not just low, but very low.
Many of the local oil and gas companies can't hire the Qataris that they should in order to satisfy Qatarisation quotas, because they require Qatari graduates with a GPA of at least 3.0 in a relevant field. There aren't too many of them around, let me assure you. The companies have to chose between letting their standards drop, or sourcing manpower from elsewhere. What do you think they do?
I removed the Noor remark; it was unnecessary.
She has a point, Alexa, and I do sympathise with her, to a point. But, the world isn't as simple as she makes out.
Her remark about fast food restaurants is clearly a dig at the notion that people don't want to employ fresh graduates without any experience when they can hire people who have proven themselves with past work experience. Any employer will agree that taking people straight from uni who have never worked almost always ends badly. Sadly, Qatari families that shelter their children from the reality that they should find work and support themselves are only making it harder for their children to find a decent job later in life.
However I strongly disagree in the to her suggestion that, generally speaking, Qataris are every bit as 'qualified' as, well, anyone else. As Ngourlay clearly points out, this is simply not the case.
Any sample of the Qatari population when compared to a like sample from a different population (English, Indian, Filipino, Japanese, whatever) will clearly show that general education levels amongst Qataris are low. Not just low, but very low.
Many of the local oil and gas companies can't hire the Qataris that they should in order to satisfy Qatarisation quotas, because they require Qatari graduates with a GPA of at least 3.0 in a relevant field. There aren't too many of them around, let me assure you. The companies have to chose between letting their standards drop, or sourcing manpower from elsewhere. What do you think they do?