u/Aryanks001

Hi everyone,

I'm currently exploring Marketing Leadership opportunities in the UAE and would really appreciate any guidance, referrals, or introductions from this community.

A little about me:

12+ years of experience leading marketing, brand growth, GTM strategy, digital transformation, PR, influencer marketing, social media, CRM, AI adoption, and business growth.

Worked across Government, FMCG, SaaS, Entertainment, Real Estate, E-commerce, Hospitality, Luxury, and B2B sectors.

Led marketing for 85+ brands and managed cross-functional teams of 20+ people.

Delivered 200+ national X (Twitter) trends, 100+ influencer & UGC campaigns, 100+ PR placements, and campaigns generating 800M+ combined reach.

Managed annual marketing budgets of ₹2–3 Crores (11,20,000 AED) aligning marketing strategy with business growth and measurable outcomes.

Strong believer in combining creativity, technology, AI, and data to build scalable marketing systems rather than just running campaigns.

Most recently worked as General Manager – Marketing, leading end-to-end marketing strategy and execution.

I'm open to roles such as:

General Manager – Marketing

Head of Marketing

VP Marketing

Marketing Director

Growth & Brand Leadership

I'm open to opportunities across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and the wider UAE, and I'm willing to relocate immediately.

If your company is hiring—or if you know someone who might be looking for someone with my background—I would be genuinely grateful for a referral or an introduction. Even career advice from people already working in the UAE would mean a lot.

Happy to share my resume over DM.

Thank you for your time, and I truly appreciate any help.

Maybe this sounds dramatic.

But think about it.

Finding a job today means

• Searching across LinkedIn

• Company websites

• Indeed

• Referrals

• Recruiters

• Remote platforms

Then tailoring resumes.

Writing cover letters.

Creating portfolios.

Completing assessments.

Waiting weeks.

Following up.

Getting ghosted.

Repeating everything tomorrow.

At this point, job hunting doesn't feel like searching for work anymore.

It feels like a second unpaid full-time job.

The weirdest part?

Companies say they can't find talent.

Candidates say they can't find jobs.

Somewhere in between, the hiring process has become more exhausting than the work people are actually applying to do.

When did job hunting stop feeling like a process and start feeling like a job itself?

I've been trying to understand whether this is just my experience or if remote hiring has genuinely changed over the last year.

A few years ago, remote work felt like it was opening doors for everyone.

Now it feels like every remote role has hundreds, sometimes thousands of applicants within a day. Some are just spamming, scaming or data collectors.

Even when you find a role that looks like a great fit, there are so many unknowns.

• Is the company actually hiring?

• Is the position still open?

• Will they hire someone from my country?

• Is the salary even real?

• Will they eventually say "US applicants only" after you've already spent time applying?

After a while, I realized I wasn't just struggling to get interviews.

I was struggling to figure out which opportunities were actually worth investing my time in.

For those who are actively looking for remote work today,

What's the biggest challenge you're facing right now?

Not the interview process.

The job search itself.

I'm curious to know if others feel the same way or if I'm approaching it the wrong way.

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like job hunting has changed a lot over the last couple of years.

Preparing for interviews doesn't even feel like the hardest part anymore.

The hardest part is figuring out where to invest your time.

Every day there are hundreds of openings across LinkedIn, Naukri, company career pages and other portals, but after applying for a while you start asking yourself questions like:

Is this role actually being hired for?

Has someone already been selected internally?

Is this opening still active or just left online?

Is it even worth spending an hour tailoring my resume for this application?

I've reached a point where I spend more time deciding whether I should apply than actually applying.

Maybe that's just the reality of today's market.

Or maybe everyone else has figured something out that I haven't.

For those actively looking for jobs right now,

How do you decide whether an opening is actually worth applying to?

I'm not looking for shortcuts, just trying to understand how people are filtering opportunities without burning out.

Hi everyone,

I'm from India and have been trying to understand how people actually make the jump to working in the UAE.

I've applied through LinkedIn, company career pages, and job portals in last 6 months. I make sure I meet most of the requirements before applying, but I either get an automated rejection or no response at all. It's difficult to tell whether I'm following the right approach or just wasting time.

For those Indians who successfully got hired:

• How did you find the opportunity?

• Did you apply online or through a referral?

• Were you already on a visit visa?

• Which job portals actually worked?

• What do most applicants from India get wrong?

I'm not looking for shortcuts, I genuinely want to understand what the process looks like for people who have already done it. I think this would help a lot of others here who are trying to make the same move.

If you've been through this yourself or if you're a recruiter or hiring manager in the UAE, I'd really appreciate hearing what actually works and what mistakes people commonly make.

Thanks in advance!

I'm genuinely curious if it's just me.

Wake up.

Check LinkedIn.

Check Naukri.

Check company career pages.

Apply.

Tailor your resume.

Write another cover letter.

Repeat.

Then...

Nothing.

Or you finally get a call.

"Current CTC?"

"Expected CTC?"

"Can you work Saturdays?"

"Can you join immediately?"

Four interview rounds later...

Silence.

The funniest part?

Companies say they can't find good candidates.

Candidates say they can't find good jobs.

Somewhere in between, the entire system seems to have forgotten what hiring is supposed to achieve.

Is this just the new normal?

Or has job hunting genuinely become harder in the last few years?

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I don't mean getting rejected.

I mean the moment you thought...

"This whole hiring system is complete bullshit."

Mine was after spending weeks tailoring resumes, writing cover letters, applying everywhere, getting through interviews... only to receive the classic:

> "While your profile is impressive..."

Corporate for:

> It's not you, it's me."

Then I realized nobody actually tells you why you didn't get the job.

Was it the ATS?

Another candidate?

An internal referral?

The position already filled?

Or did nobody even open your application?

You never know.

What's the one thing that made you question the entire hiring process?