UAE Business: etisalat by e& to hire 500 UAE nationals in the next five years – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: etisalat by e& to hire 500 UAE nationals in the next five years – Gulf Digital News

etisalat by e& will participate in the Nafis initiative that will involve the hiring and empowering of more than 500 Emirati professionals in its retail, customer service, technology and IT space over a span of five years.

For this it has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (ETCC).

Providing the new hires with the skills, expertise and platform to excel, the initiative strongly supports their career progression in the telco industry and significantly contributes to the UAE’s national agenda to move towards a knowledge-based economy.

Emiratisation

The MoU was signed by Masood M Sharif Mahmood, CEO of etisalat by e&, and Ghannam Al Mazrouei, Secretary General of the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council - the federal entity responsible for Nafis - at Gitex Global 2022, one of the region’s largest technology events. Senior officials from both entities witnessed this significant moment.

The signing acts as an extension of etisalat by e&’s Emiratisation efforts and builds on the success of the partnership held earlier this year with the Ruler’s Court in Al Dhafra Region.

As per the latest agreement, etisalat by e& will focus on hiring 100 UAE nationals by the end of 2022. It will also facilitate training programmes that contribute to