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News

Qatar’s Silatech teams up with Gates Foundation to tackle regional unemployment

The partnership will help create more socio-economics opportunities for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa region. Qatar-based non-governmental organisation Silatech has launched a powerful youth dialogue series…

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In The Classroom

An age-old dilemma: How to land a job as a fresh graduate when companies require experience

To get a job you need experience and to get experience you need a job, so how exactly should graduates navigate around this age-old dilemma? Fresh graduates around the world…

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News

Qatar Charity hires over 50,000 Palestinian youth in new initiative

Qatar Charity’s ‘Taqat’ initiative has succeeded in training over 50,000 youth in Palestine in this unique humanitarian project. Qatar Charity (QC) has trained and hired more than 50,000 youth in…

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Business

LinkedIn names top 10 companies to work for in Qatar

This is LinkedIn’s first edition of the list, which includes some of Qatar’s top companies. Qatar Petroleum [QP] has topped LinkedIn’s Top Companies in Qatar list, which ranks the the…

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News

Qatar to establish new platform for workers’ complaints

Qatar’s Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) is set to establish a unified platform for workers. A unified platform to allow for workers’ complaints and disputes is…

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Kawader: Qatar launches new employment platform for nationals

By Menatalla Ibrahim The Ministry of Administrative Development, Social and Labour Affairs (MADSLA) has launched Kawader, a national employment platform that aims to provide Qatari citizens with the opportunity to…

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News

Qatar makes it harder to fake education credentials

The move appears to be an effort to curb fraud, but has also made it difficult for qualified grads to find work or change jobs in the country.

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News

Qatar home to highest proportion of employed women in the Gulf

Some 51 percent of women in Qatar over the age of 15 years old were found to be working, compared to less than 30 percent in Saudi Arabia and Oman, the study Power Women in Arabia: Shaping the Path for Regional Gender Parity found.

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Business

Ministry makes Qatarization push in circular about budgets

Qatarization is a long-standing goal of the government, but has been difficult to achieve because there are not enough nationals who are able and willing to fill the government's quotas, especially in the private sector.

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