Dubai’s Emirates airline plans ‘mammoth’ global recruitment drive

Dubai’s Emirates airline plans ‘mammoth’ global recruitment drive

Dubai’s Emirates Groupannounced a “mammoth” international recruitment drive globally across 180 roles, including cabin crew, pilots, engineers, IT professionals and customer service agents on Tuesday.

It will see a global hunt for fresh talent, Emirates Group announced in a statement, as it lays “the groundwork for its next big growth phase.”

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Despite tough labor market conditions globally, the Emirates Group ended its financial year on March 31 with more than 102,000 employees, after having welcomed 17,160 people in various roles throughout the year.

Oliver Grohmann, senior vice president of human resources at the Emirates Group said: “The Emirates Group has built an extraordinary reputation as an employer of choice and as a trailblazing force in aviation. People aspire to be part of the Group’s growth story and its ambitions as well as work and live in Dubai, one of the world’s safest, most cosmopolitan and dynamic cities.”

“In the last financial year, we received around 2.7 million applications globally for roles across the organization. We are using the latest technologies, such as digital assessments, artificial intelligence and other top-notch recruitment systems to shortlist, select and respond to candidates in the