| Getting a job in Abu Dhabi could be a very exciting | | | | city and offers a good lifestyle to those who choose |
| experience. For the uninitiated, Abu Dhabi is the capital | | | | to work here. It is just 90 minutes drive away from |
| of UAE. It is the country's largest emirate with over 1.6 | | | | Dubai but is far more peaceful than Dubai. It is an ideal |
| million residents. However, it is sometimes treated as | | | | place to bring in your family and enjoy the warmth and |
| Dubai’s less glamorous cousin but knowing more | | | | luxuries offered by this place to expatriates. It is not |
| about Abu Dhabi and working here makes it clear that | | | | just modern but also culturally focused. The climate is |
| it is a beautiful place for expatriates and Abu Dhabi | | | | pleasant for most part of the year. The full, bright sun |
| jobs are still quite sought after. It offers excellent jobs | | | | can be seen throughout the year and the |
| with high salaries and a lifestyle to reckon with. It is a | | | | temperatures are the mildest between October and |
| vibrant and lively city. | | | | April. The temperature during these months range 25 |
| If you are planning to look for a job in Abu Dhabi or | | | | to 35 degree Celsius. In the summer months, the heat |
| have already found one, it would be very useful to find | | | | is scorching as temperatures soar to 40s with high |
| more about the city and the kind of lifestyle that it | | | | levels of humidity. However, all buildings across the city |
| offers. The accommodation, getting around the city, | | | | would have some form of air conditioning so working |
| education for children, lifestyle etc are the aspects that | | | | indoors, one can easily be spared the wrath of the sun. |
| one needs to know a little about before landing in the | | | | For getting around the city while on any job in Abu |
| city. Especially if you are relocating for an Abu Dhabi | | | | Dhabi, it is recommended that you own your own |
| job with your family, you would need to know more | | | | vehicle. Cars are easily available and can be resold |
| about getting your family settled there. | | | | when you leave the city at the end of your tenure. |
| Abu Dhabi enjoys strategic importance in UAE as it is | | | | Otherwise, you can always hire a cab to be about the |
| the capital city and houses the government. Also, Abu | | | | city. There is no train system in the UAE, so one has |
| Dhabi enjoys nearly 9% of total world oil reserves. | | | | to approach other cities only by road. So, one can |
| Thus, a major proportion of economy is based on oil | | | | either take a bus or hire a cab to go to other cities. |
| & gas in the city. Most foreign workers who | | | | You will get to know these little details from the PRO |
| come looking for a job in Dubai are mainly employed in | | | | of your office. When it comes to accommodation, |
| the oil and gas industry. Owing to this, the expatriate | | | | expatriates cannot buy their own property in Abu |
| population in the city has grown a lot over the last | | | | Dhabi unlike in Dubai. So, property can be rented. |
| decade or so. Other sectors are also opening up like | | | | Well-furnished, beautiful apartments and villas are |
| banking, hospitality, IT and healthcare. A lot of foreign | | | | available to rent in Abu Dhabi. Mostly, expatriates are |
| skilled professionals are employed in these sectors | | | | given an allowance by their employer for |
| from India, Philippines, UK and other European countries. | | | | accommodation or it is a part of the salary package. |
| The fact that people of so many varied nationalities | | | | This is one thing that you must check before taking up |
| are working in Abu Dhabi gives an eclectic flavor to | | | | any job in Abu Dhabi because living on your own could |
| the culture of the city. | | | | be very expensive. |
| Abu Dhabi is a peaceful and beautiful Middle Eastern | | | | |