Thank you for your input. While the points mentioned in your posting will no doubt assist people in their job search and also during interviews, there are several other factors that employers look for here in the ME in an applicant. An important factor is the nationality. While it may not be stated in an ad, it does exist. In some countries, like in the case with India, this has been stretched further and there even exists a provincial pull. Not only that, another nation here openly advertises at Qatar Living that applicants must be only from their country. You can see regularly this in black and white if you visit QLs "Jobs" site. Where do qualifications and experience and excellent cover-letters stand and superb interviews stand then? They have zero value. Next in line is Religion. If a job advertiser does not find any applicant from his country, he gives support to an applicant from his religion. It is all understood but not expressed. Also, your view "if you have an email than you have a website" is flawed. Not all emails have a website. Some emails do give an indication of the company's name but not all of them do. Furthermore, It is also not always possible to know a company's exact location from their website or even from a Google map. I firmly believe that it is always better to call the receptionist and find out the best way to get to their company. I would also suggest that any applicant who has been called for an interview, surveys the location of the office a day earlier to be sure so that he does not go about wasting time while coming for the interview. Regarding, a follow-up email, it hardly gets a reply. A reply comes only if one gets short-listed or gets the job. A follow-up telephone call gets the standard reply from the receptionist, "if you are short-listed or selected, we will let you know." Lastly, it is important to mention that there do exist employers who are above board, are broad-minded and hire people with potentiality to give the desired output overriding all barriers of nationality or religion, race or culture, language or color. Such employers can be counted on the fingers.
Thank you for your input. While the points mentioned in your posting will no doubt assist people in their job search and also during interviews, there are several other factors that employers look for here in the ME in an applicant. An important factor is the nationality. While it may not be stated in an ad, it does exist. In some countries, like in the case with India, this has been stretched further and there even exists a provincial pull. Not only that, another nation here openly advertises at Qatar Living that applicants must be only from their country. You can see regularly this in black and white if you visit QLs "Jobs" site. Where do qualifications and experience and excellent cover-letters stand and superb interviews stand then? They have zero value. Next in line is Religion. If a job advertiser does not find any applicant from his country, he gives support to an applicant from his religion. It is all understood but not expressed. Also, your view "if you have an email than you have a website" is flawed. Not all emails have a website. Some emails do give an indication of the company's name but not all of them do. Furthermore, It is also not always possible to know a company's exact location from their website or even from a Google map. I firmly believe that it is always better to call the receptionist and find out the best way to get to their company. I would also suggest that any applicant who has been called for an interview, surveys the location of the office a day earlier to be sure so that he does not go about wasting time while coming for the interview. Regarding, a follow-up email, it hardly gets a reply. A reply comes only if one gets short-listed or gets the job. A follow-up telephone call gets the standard reply from the receptionist, "if you are short-listed or selected, we will let you know." Lastly, it is important to mention that there do exist employers who are above board, are broad-minded and hire people with potentiality to give the desired output overriding all barriers of nationality or religion, race or culture, language or color. Such employers can be counted on the fingers.