The project received a further recognition by the visit of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and the UAE Defence Minister, who urged the Dubai eGovernment to play a leading role in creating greater opportunities for UAE nationals to be gainfully employed and also to equip the youth with the necessary skills that will help them to become effective contributors in bringing about the transformation of Dubai into a Digital Economy. His Highness also witnessed a detailed demonstration on the benefits the online recruitment facility that the Dubai eGovernment is providing UAE nationals through its portal www.dubai.ae.
"Careers UAE presented us with an excellent platform to showcase what Dubai eGovernment has to offer to young graduates looking to start a career. Our team of experts offered young visitors guidance on the integral online recruitment solution that will assist them to access every major government department and corporation to find an opening according to their ability and qualifications," said Salem Al-Shair, Director e-Services, Dubai eGovernment.
"We were deeply encouraged by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid's visit and will fully implement his instructions to boost the skills and opportunities for UAE nationals in the Information Technology sector as well as open the doors of opportunity for them within the government and private sector enterprises. We are strongly committed to Emiratisation and are developing our portal www.dubai.ae to make it more user friendly to assist young students who are looking for career opportunities. Young specialists can also be part of the management of the back-end systems that run Dubai eGovernment which is the driving force behind automation and integration of government e-Services," Al-Shair added.
The Dubai eGovernment stand at Careers UAE was well appreciated by the student community. Tamazor Ali, a student majoring in Information Systems and Education at the Zayed University, felt that the stand was well equipped to respond to the needs of the student community entering into the job market. "Their online recruitment service presents students with an ideal solution and eases their job search by reducing time and unnecessary paperwork. The staff at the stand was extremely cooperative and they provided a complete demonstration of the online procedures of how to qualify and also how to match qualifications with the job specifications that have been provided. Visiting the Dubai eGovernment stand was an informative experience," said Ali.
Dubai eGovernment will be placing a strong focus on IT jobs available in the Emirate, in view of the large-scale investments being made by the government in the IT sector.
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Dubai eGovernment is a pioneering initiative in the region to provide online services across the spectrum of corporate and community life in the emirate. It also has a vision to integrate Individually automated government departments under the single umbrella of the eGovernment initiative, thus empowering employees across lines of businesses and levels of government, besides facilitating the lives of citizens and customers of the government. Dubai has taken a lead in the region in deploying eGovernment applications and is among the first few governments in the world to provide such integrated services to its citizens. The eGovernment portal (www.dubai.ae) is a single contact point masking the complexity of the bureaucratic procedures, and guiding access to all services in the easiest possible way. In addition, the eGovernment initiative seeks to improve and enhance procedures by maximizing the benefit from technology, so that users from all walks of life will be able to utilize the portal for their specific needs with considerable ease.
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