Maximising Emirati Talent

MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT

MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENTin engineering

To make a difference

To help employers

To find new data, new perspectives, new ideas

Objectives:

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THE CRITICAL STRATEGIC CAPABILITY FOR EMIRATIS

LEADERSHIP

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How many leaders does a country need?

Strategic

Leaders 1%Execut

ive Leaders 7%

Supervisors & non-leaders 92%

Roughly 8% of

workforce

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United Kingdom

Strategic

Leaders 1%Execut

ive Leaders 7%


There are ~55m

UK national

s

Of the total 60m population of UK, 4.8m need to be leaders

So <10% of UK nationals

can/should be leaders

~5m expats

Germany: ~74m German nationals , ~6m

expats,

6.4m (<10%) German nationals need to be

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United Arab Emirates

Strategic

Leaders 1%Execut

ive Leaders 7%


There are ~1m UAE

nationals

Of the total ~8m population of the UAE, 0.64m

need to be leaders

So a very high

proportion (>64%) of

Emiratis HAVE to be

leaders!

~7m expats



Can we ‘fast track’ Emiratis to leadership positions?

•Armies•Graduate schemes•Family businesses

Does a person need to have cleaned rooms, in order to run a hotel? To have laid bricks in order to run a construction company?To have flown or maintained a plane in order to run an airline?

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It’s a small pool

… and everyone is fishing in it.

Attracting, recruiting, retaining the Best Emirati Talent

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Increase the size of the pool

Increase our share of the pool

Fish in a different pool

What can we do?

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%Which factors motivate young Emiratis the most?

Employers & educators

Increase your share of the pool


“I want my father to be proud of me”

“I want to be

part of growing

the UAE as a

great nation”

“My country and my family

are everything to me”

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Finding the TalentFinding the Job

Recommendations from influential

people

Approach from employer

Apply for job online

Recruitment fairs 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Employers Students Combined11



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200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Cities


Increase the size of the pool

Increase your share of the pool


Recommendations for Employers

Fast track potential Emirati Leaders


Our grateful thanks, once again,

to our partner sponsors


To get involved in research or help with Emiratization:

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