Frequently Asked Question
Registering with Gulfworking and creating a profile is absolutely free. There is no charge for creating your profile or for applying to jobs. Once you register with Gulfworking, you are automatically added to the Gulfworking CV database and can apply to unlimited jobs.
Candidates must mention the city/country where they are currently staying (at this point in time) as their current location. If there is a change location after a few days, please update your profile in Gulfworking.
HR Consultancies need to contact job-seekers through phone or email and conduct interviews either face to face or through video. These decisions can be taken only if the candidate has correctly updated his/her location in the Gulfworking profile.
Your nationality is the country of which you are a citizen. It is NOT the country where you are currently residing. For e.g, if you are a citizen of Jordan but are working in the United Arab Emirates, your nationality would be Jordanian.
In most cases, the country which has issued you a passport is the country of your nationality.
If you are not currently employed but have worked before, you can mention the Designation and Employer of your last held job in the Current Designation and Current Employer fields.
If you are a fresh jobseeker looking for opportunities on Gulfworking, you can fill the following fields in this manner:
1. Current Designation: “Fresher” or “Fresh Graduate” or “Student” as applicable
2. Current Employer: “NA” or “Not Applicable”
3. Work Experience: 0 years
4. Industry: Please choose the value “Fresher – No Industry Experience / Not Employed / Intern” value from the drop-down
5. Functional Area: Please choose the value “Fresh Graduates / Management Trainee” from the drop-down
6. CV Headline: You may write an appropriate CV Headline which showcases your target job, industry and designation. For e.g. “Fresh Graduate looking for Sales jobs in Retail Industry”.
Simply put, your Industry is the primary sector that your company operates in. Your “Functional Area / Department” is the department of the company that you work for. Here are a few examples:
Please try reducing the size of your document to less than 1 MB. You may try switching formats between one of pdf, rtf, word doc or word docx to see which one gives the least size.
If you have added a photo or any other pictures to your document CV, please try removing them from the CV. You can always attach a photo to your Gulfworking profile separately.
All applications made to jobs posted on Gulfworking are automatically sent to the HR Consultancies posting the Jobs. Thereafter it is up to the HR Consultancies to respond to your Job application. Gulfworking is just a platform which lets you discover Jobs and HR Consultancies to receive your applications.
No. You can apply to a job only once from your account.
No, there are no limits to the number of jobs you can apply to. Your profile will be forwarded to the employers for each and every application made.
However, it is highly recommended that you apply to only those jobs which match your profile with respect to Work Experience, Education, Location, Nationality etc. Please do read the Job Description and Desired Candidate Profile carefully before applying.
Unless the HR Consultancies has provided their contact details and has specifically asked you to contact them through the job description, it is not a good idea to contact HR Consultancies directly.
In most cases, recruiters do not wish to be contacted through any Social Network or through contact information obtained via the internet about jobs posted on Gulfworking.
Candidates must mention the city/country where they are currently staying (at this point in time) as their current location. If there is a change location after a few days, please update your profile in Gulfworking.
HR Consultancies need to contact job-seekers through phone or email and conduct interviews either face to face or through video. These decisions can be taken only if the candidate has correctly updated his/her location in the Gulfworking profile.
Your nationality is the country of which you are a citizen. It is NOT the country where you are currently residing. For e.g, if you are a citizen of Jordan but are working in the United Arab Emirates, your nationality would be Jordanian.
In most cases, the country which has issued you a passport is the country of your nationality.
If you are not currently employed but have worked before, you can mention the Designation and Employer of your last held job in the Current Designation and Current Employer fields.
If you are a fresh jobseeker looking for opportunities on Gulfworking, you can fill the following fields in this manner:
1. Current Designation: “Fresher” or “Fresh Graduate” or “Student” as applicable
2. Current Employer: “NA” or “Not Applicable”
3. Work Experience: 0 years
4. Industry: Please choose the value “Fresher – No Industry Experience / Not Employed / Intern” value from the drop-down
5. Functional Area: Please choose the value “Fresh Graduates / Management Trainee” from the drop-down
6. CV Headline: You may write an appropriate CV Headline which showcases your target job, industry and designation. For e.g. “Fresh Graduate looking for Sales jobs in Retail Industry”.
Simply put, your Industry is the primary sector that your company operates in. Your “Functional Area / Department” is the department of the company that you work for. Here are a few examples:
Please try reducing the size of your document to less than 1 MB. You may try switching formats between one of pdf, rtf, word doc or word docx to see which one gives the least size.
If you have added a photo or any other pictures to your document CV, please try removing them from the CV. You can always attach a photo to your Gulfworking profile separately.