Emirates on recruitment drive
Emirates Group is looking to recruit staff from the UK as part of a drive to hire over 11,000 new staff in the coming year across its businesses.
The recruitment drive will increase its overall workforce by 6% by March 2016.
Around half of the new recruits will be Dubai-based cabin crew for Emirates airline.
In a bid to find 450 new pilots, it is holding pilot recruitment roadshows at London Heathrow on March 8 and at Gatwick on March 9.
Other jobs available at the airline are in flight operations, engineering, airport services and corporate functions.
Meanwhile, dnata is also seeking talent for its growing business, particularly airport operations, engineering and commercial business development.
Just under 3,500 British staff are already employed by Emirates as pilots, cabin crew, engineers and support staff.
There are currently 1,811 Dubai-based cabin crew from the UK, while Emirates also employs over 687 people across its five major UK gateways – Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, London Heathrow and Gatwick.
There are also 350 multilingual customer service agents at the Emirates customer contact centre in Manchester.
"The UK has always been an important region for Emirates, not only in terms of our operations here, but as a source for talented employees," said Laurie Berryman, VP UK at Emirates.
"We’re looking for skilled workers who are ready to broaden their horizons and work for a global organisation offering huge opportunities.
"Dubai offers something truly special for expats, from a booming social and sports scene to world quality schools.
“Emirates also offers staff unrivalled benefits, including a tax-free salary, fully-furnished shared accommodation and health benefits. We’re confident that with such a strong offering, we’ll see a good response from candidates this year."
Last year, Emirates received nearly 483,944 online applications for over 2,000 jobs, from over 227 countries.
In the UK alone, Emirates received 147,667 online applications for jobs last year.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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