u/TheRemainingPage

Hi mga kabayan! 🇵🇭

I'm currently in Abu Dhabi and actively looking for work. I've been here for a few months now and the job search has been quite a challenge, so I thought I'd try asking here.

My background is mainly in Sales, Business Development, Customer Service, Finance/Mortgage, Hospitality, and Client Relationship Management.

I have 4+ years of experience in customer-facing roles, including:

• Lead generation and prospecting

• Inbound & outbound sales

• Customer acquisition and follow-ups

• Client relationship management

• CRM and pipeline management

• Upselling and cross-selling

• Handling high-volume customer interactions

• Hospitality and corporate client accounts

I'm particularly interested in Sales, Business Development, Customer Service, Account Management, Relationship Management, or similar client-facing roles.

I'm currently on a visit visa and available to start immediately.

If you know of any company hiring or come across a position that you think would fit my experience, I'd really appreciate a referral, lead, or even just a point in the right direction.

I'm not asking anyone to guarantee me a job. I just figured it doesn't hurt to ask my fellow kabayans. Sometimes one connection is all it takes to get through the right door.

And if you're also looking for work, good luck to you too. I know how frustrating this process can be. 🙏🇵🇭🇦🇪

Feel free to comment or DM me. Thank you, mga kabayan! ❤️

I've been thinking about the UAE job search problem, especially for people who are actively applying to jobs.

Right now, you can end up checking LinkedIn, Indeed, Bayt, NaukriGulf, GulfTalent, Foundit, Dubizzle, company career pages, recruitment websites, etc. Every day. And the same job can appear on several of them.

My idea is a UAE-first job search app where you create your profile and upload your CV once.

You tell it:

• What jobs you're looking for

• Where you want to work

• Your experience and skills

• Expected salary

• Industry preferences

• Visa/work status

• Other relevant information

Then the app searches multiple job boards and company career pages at the same time and brings the results into one place.

But I don't want it to just be another job board.

It would also:

1. Match jobs to your actual experience and CV

Instead of just searching keywords, it tells you how well you actually match the job.

2. Remove duplicate jobs

If the same Sales Executive vacancy appears on LinkedIn, Bayt and Indeed, you see it once, with the different application sources.

3. Prioritize recent jobs

A relevant job posted 2 hours ago should generally appear above one posted 3 weeks ago.

4. Detect stale/repeated listings

If a vacancy has been repeatedly reposted for months, the app could flag it or push it lower rather than treating it like a fresh opportunity. Not necessarily calling it a "ghost job", because there's no way to know for certain.

5. Remember what you've already applied for

So you don't accidentally apply to the same vacancy five times through different websites.

6. Track your applications

Applied → Interview → Follow-up → Offer/Rejected.

The goal isn't:

"Show me every job."

It's:

"Show me the jobs I should actually spend my time applying to today."

I'm curious what UAE job seekers think.

Does this actually solve a problem for you? What would you add or change? And if something like this already exists and does it well, please point me toward it.

I'd rather find the flaws in the idea now than build something nobody needs.

Disclaimer: I'm not a developer, and I don't have the funds to have something like this developed myself. I'm just a guy with an idea who thinks it could genuinely help UAE job seekers. I'm putting it out here because I'd rather have people improve the idea, point out the problems, or even take it further than keep it in my head.

Hey everyone,

I'm 27M and currently based in Reem Island. I've been trying to expand my professional and social network here in Abu Dhabi, and I figured, why not start with the people around me?

I'm interested in meeting people from different backgrounds and industries, especially people working in sales, business, finance, hospitality, entrepreneurship, customer service, or anything interesting really.

I'm not necessarily looking for anything specific. Could be a professional connection, exchanging ideas, grabbing coffee, talking about work, or just meeting someone new in the neighborhood.

I'm still relatively new to Abu Dhabi, so I'm trying to get out there, meet people, and build some genuine connections instead of just sitting behind a phone sending CVs all day. 😂

So if you're in Reem Island and you're open to meeting new people or networking, feel free to DM me.

Who knows, maybe we end up helping each other out somewhere down the road. 🤝

Hey guys, if you've been following my posts, you probably know I've been having a pretty difficult time finding work here in the UAE.

After a lot of applications, interviews, and uncertainty, I've finally started training with a pet shop here in Abu Dhabi.

They specialize in reptiles and also sell pretty much everything you'd expect from a pet shop: food, cages, toys, cleaning supplies, accessories, and other pet products.

I'm still in training, so I don't know all the prices or how their delivery system works yet. I'll be learning all of that as I go.

Once I have the details, if you're in Abu Dhabi or elsewhere in the UAE and you're looking for something for your pets, feel free to message me. I'll be happy to check what's available, how much it costs, and how delivery works.

Sales, lead generation, and customer service are what I know, so I'm hoping I can bring those skills into the business and actually contribute while I'm learning the pet industry.

I'm honestly not sure yet if this is something I'll pursue as a long-term career. But right now, there's an opportunity in front of me, and I'm going to take it.

I'll still be looking for the kind of career I ultimately want, but that doesn't mean I can't give this opportunity my best while I'm here.

After everything I've posted about trying to find work here, I'm just happy to finally have something to work with.

I didn't expect my job search to take me into the reptile world.

But hey, a job is a job. 😂🦎

And who knows? Maybe I'll end up knowing more about reptiles than I ever expected.

Hey everyone,

I moved to Abu Dhabi three months ago with a background in sales, business development, and client-facing roles, with experience across finance and hospitality.

Since arriving here and looking for work, one thing has become pretty obvious: having a local network matters a lot.

I know how to prospect, generate leads, follow up, and build relationships. But when you're brand new to the region, you simply don't have the local connections, referrals, and established relationships that someone who's been here for years might already have.

So instead of waiting for a company to solve that problem for me, I'm trying to build that network myself.

I'm reaching out to people, having conversations, learning about different industries, and trying to understand how business actually works in Abu Dhabi. I'm not expecting every conversation to turn into a job. Some connections might lead somewhere professionally, while others might simply become genuine friendships or good professional relationships.

I'm still actively looking for my next opportunity in sales and business development, but in the meantime, I'm staying active and trying to build genuine connections here.

For those of you who moved to the UAE without an existing network:

How did you actually build yours? What worked for you, and what was a complete waste of time?

And if you're in Abu Dhabi and work in sales, business development, or a related field, I'm always happy to connect.

Hey everyone,

I moved to Abu Dhabi three months ago with a background in sales, business development, and client-facing roles, with experience across finance and hospitality.

Since arriving here and looking for work, one thing has become pretty obvious: having a local network matters a lot.

I know how to prospect, generate leads, follow up, and build relationships. But when you're brand new to the region, you simply don't have the local connections, referrals, and established relationships that someone who's been here for years might already have.

So instead of waiting for a company to solve that problem for me, I'm trying to build that network myself.

I'm reaching out to people, having conversations, learning about different industries, and trying to understand how business actually works in Abu Dhabi. I'm not expecting every conversation to turn into a job. Some connections might lead somewhere professionally, while others might simply become genuine friendships or good professional relationships.

I'm still actively looking for my next opportunity in sales and business development, but in the meantime, I'm staying active and trying to build genuine connections here.

For those of you who moved to the UAE without an existing network:

How did you actually build yours? What worked for you, and what was a complete waste of time?

And if you're in Abu Dhabi and work in sales, business development, or a related field, I'm always happy to connect.

Hey everyone,

I moved to Abu Dhabi three months ago with a background in sales, business development, and client-facing roles, with experience across finance and hospitality.

Since arriving here and looking for work, one thing has become pretty obvious: having a local network matters a lot.

I know how to prospect, generate leads, follow up, and build relationships. But when you're brand new to the region, you simply don't have the local connections, referrals, and established relationships that someone who's been here for years might already have.

So instead of waiting for a company to solve that problem for me, I'm trying to build that network myself.

I'm reaching out to people, having conversations, learning about different industries, and trying to understand how business actually works in Abu Dhabi. I'm not expecting every conversation to turn into a job. Some connections might lead somewhere professionally, while others might simply become genuine friendships or good professional relationships.

I'm still actively looking for my next opportunity in sales and business development, but in the meantime, I'm staying active and trying to build genuine connections here.

For those of you who moved to the UAE without an existing network:

How did you actually build yours? What worked for you, and what was a complete waste of time?

And if you're in Abu Dhabi and work in sales, business development, or a related field, I'm always happy to connect.

I don't usually write things like this, especially not somewhere strangers can read them.

But I guess that's the point of being anonymous.

Over the last couple of years, my life changed in ways I never really saw coming. I lost work. Then another opportunity. Then another. Things that I thought were temporary somehow kept piling up until I barely recognized where I was standing anymore.

And somewhere along the way, I lost my mom too.

That's the part I still don't really know how to talk about.

I'm currently in Abu Dhabi, looking for work and trying to figure out what comes next. I thought I'd have a much clearer idea of where my life was going by now. Instead, I'm starting over and pretending I know what I'm doing.

Maybe that's why I made this account.

I don't really have some profound lesson to share. I don't know if things are going to get better tomorrow, next month, or six months from now.

I just know I'm still here.

So I guess this is the remaining page.

Let's see what gets written on it.