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Grow Disruptively with AIESEC UAE’s Travel Opportunities
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What We Want: UAE Millennial Expectations From Brands, By VISA
Millennials are the fastest growing, influential and increasingly affluent group in the UAE and KSA. Here are a few millennial expectations from brands.…
Can Job-Hopping Further or Hurt Your Career?
In a highly competitive market UAE, more employees are choosing to stick to their current roles. Job-hopping, however, has become a generational trend. Should you switch jobs right now?…
Choosing a Career Path: What Am I Doing With My Life?
How can you decide what you want to do for the rest of your life? Here are a couple of pointers for picking a career path.…
Anita Patrickson: How to Be a Celebrity Stylist
Anita Partickson, stylist to Emma Watson, Rachel Bilson and Portia de Rossi, gives us an insider’s look into the life of a celebrity stylist – with tips and dirty tricks on what it takes t…
Are Recent Graduates in Dubai Expecting Too Much?
In a survey titled “Fresh Graduates in the Middle East and North Africa” that was conducted by bayt.com in 2015, the findings showed that “Salary expectations for fresh graduates living in the UAE are…
4 Certifications to Help You Stand Out in UAE
Let’s face it, the job market in the UAE isn’t getting easier. If you’re a fresh graduate, you’re competing against at least 11,000 others. Add to that the tens of thousands of expats coming in every …
The Ultimate Guide To Adulthood
Welcome to adulthood, a land where everything is serious and you are clueless. As we find ourselves transiting from our teenage wonderland to the grim, daunting and frighteningly-independent phase of …
The World Is Your Office: 6 Amazing Careers In Travel
Kevin works diligently: 6 days a week, 8 hours a day and 12 months a year. With multiple trips to the coffee machine between work and a cubicle near the window, Kevin is satisfied. It’s not like he ha…
Loulou Khazen Baz: Making Full-Time Freelancing Real
Picture this: you’re at home one night, browsing through Facebook as usual. A friend’s posted photos, he’s holidaying somewhere exotic. You start thinking, “How expensive would it be to go on a vacati…
The Do’s & Don’t’s of Social Media
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Gaining Audiences, Writing Well & Increasing Employability: Adrian Furnham Tells All
At the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, we encountered the dashing Adrian Furnham at a session titled ‘The Business Of Thriving In Business’ and he had us hooked in minutes. Furnh…
How Can A Woman Really Have It All?
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Why I Choose to be Child-Free
The acclaimed author may be speaking in a different context here; yet, her statement rings true down to this generation. Childlessness – that is, women choosing to live without having a child or the t…
Here’s What It’s Like To Take Flying Lessons
Imagine travelling without getting stuck in traffic, being able to sprout wings and escape from sticky situations. Imagine opening your eyes to see nothing but dreamy clouds with the sun’s rays just b…
Hello, Dreamer! It’s Nice to Meet You
Allow me to introduce myself to you: I am a dream – an unconventional career. I am the choice you decided to forego. I am the naive ambition you wanted to pursue, but never did. Parents avoid di…
Were You Forced Into Your Career Choice?
You have company amongst the greats, my friend. Michelangelo, the famous creator of the Sistine Chapel, was always interested in sculpture and it is well known that he despised painting. Regardless, h…
Were You Forced Into Your Career Choice?
YOUR NAME YOUR FIRST NAME YOUR FAMILY/LAST NAME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YOUR TITLE YOUR BRAND art tid bits,artsy,b-artsy,career,career choices,college,engineering,forced,local artists,medicine,michelangelo,painting,parents,school,sculpture,sistine chapel,stream selection,universityYou have company amongst the greats, my friend. Michelangelo, the famous creator of the Sistine Chapel, was always interested in sculpture and it is well known that he despised painting. Regardless, he was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by the Medicis [a powerful family back then] and the Pope [He had […]