The capital city, the second most populous city, and the largest city of the United Arab Emirates’ seven emirates is Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has the highest GDP and per capita income, which makes it the wealthiest emirate of the UAE. When it comes to jobs in Abu Dhabi, this city opens up a huge range of employment opportunities as the job market is showing a positive boom in the last few years. There are many prominent companies in the city of various industry domain, in which professionals die to work for. In the past decade, many international companies have shifted their offices and operations to Abu Dhabi and are hiring expats and locals with good technical and soft skills. All these companies not only provide the best packages but also incentives and other benefits. For skilled and well-qualified employees, jobs in Abu Dhabi are wide and varied.
Some of the best-known sectors for jobs in Abu Dhabi
The UAE, including Abu Dhabi’s recruitment activity, is increasing at a continuous pace since August 2015 when the economy showed a progressive growth rate. Abu Dhabi, like the other cities in the UAE, has diversified its economy into various sectors, and not depending on the oil sector solely. This diversification is showing great benefits in the job market, creating lots of jobs in Abu Dhabi and also Dubai.
The following sectors have seen an increase in recruitment activities in recent years:
Hospitality and tourism sectors:
The city has seen the growth of new buildings, new landmarks, and skyscrapers almost on a regular basis to attract tourists. A few years back, a tourist would have preferred to stay here for 4-5 days only. Not anymore. Along with Dubai, Abu Dhabi is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the UAE in recent time and tourists prefer to stay in this city for a longer time. No wonder, the hospitality and tourism sectors have created many new opportunities and jobs in Abu Dhabi.
Finance:
There is a good demand for finance professionals in Abu Dhabi, with the implementation of the value-added tax in 2018. Not only Abu Dhabi but the UAE as a whole is looking for tax experts since the last 2-3 years to take charge of collecting levies. Some popular jobs in Abu Dhabi in the finance sector are positions for compliance and enforcement director, accountants, administrators, analysts etc. In fact, a recent job report stated that senior finance professionals will see good demand in the role of tax auditors in 2019.
Information Technology Sector:
The IT sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UAE in the past 10 years and that includes Abu Dhabi as well. There was a fall in the oil process in the last decade which affected the technology sector. But over the years, the technology sector strongly recovered in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and other cities of the UAE, and now has edged ahead of the competition. There has been a rapid growth of the IT market creating lots of jobs in Abu Dhabi and other cities. IT outsourcing is already an important area of job creation and is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years.
Healthcare Sector:
Healthcare, Hospital & Medical Services are quite popular. The regulative body of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi is the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD). It is responsible for ensuring the health of the community by regular monitoring the status of health of the population of Abu Dhabi. Both public and private healthcare facilities are available in the city but the number of private hospitals is more than government-funded hospitals. The healthcare sector, along with Hospital & Medical Services, has opened up a great number of jobs in Abu Dhabi for medical professionals.
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