Below is a list of the top 10 jobs expected to witness a growing demand in England, powered by CareerBuilder.co.uk.
Engineering on top! It’s weird to even see it on the list, teachers as well! But the thing about engineering is that England is hosting the Olympics in 2012 and the Commonwealth Games in 2014, this is probably the reason.
Advertising and PR, the butter and bread to any brand are on the list as well, PR’s importance is growing because of the recession, although it’s a vital thing for any brand and shouldn’t just gain importance in difficult times only.
Top 10 Jobs of 2009 in the UK
1. Engineer
2. Environmental consultant
3. Cosmetologist
4. Public relations specialist
5. Human resource professional
6. Advertising executive
7. Teacher
8. Accountant
9. Counsellor
10. Data communications analyst
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The Arabian Business has published its Expat Power List 2009, which includes 50 of the most influential expatriates in the Gulf.
Industries:
The top 50 expats came from 14 different industries, the number one industry was Banking & Finance with 10 figures, followed by Media & Marketing with 8, Transportation with 7, Real Estate 4, and Technology also 4, I was more from Real Estate, weird!
Energy came 6th with 3 figures, followed by Retail with 3, Construction & Industry 2, Financial Markets 2, Sport 2, Travel & Hospitality 2, and finally Culture & Society, Education, and Healthcare with one figure each.
Nationalities:
Brits dominated the list with 17 figures, at the second spot came the USA with 8 figures, at the third place came the Aussies with 6, India also contributed with 6 figures to the list.
The list continues with Ireland and France with 3 figures each, following is Germany with 2, and finally Switzerland, Pakistan, Canada, Brazil, and Belgium with one spot each.
Countries:
Majority of the list resides the United Arab Emirates, out of the top fifty, 33 expats live in the UAE, 7 in Bahrain, 5 in Qatar, 2 in Saudi Arabia, i in USA this person is VP at Google and our region is part of his area, 1 in Oman and 1 also in Kuwait.
So, the media and marketing gurus on the Arabian Business Expat Power List are:
2# Tony Burman: Managing Director of Al Jazeera Television, Canadian and lives in Qatar.
10# Martin Newland: Editor of The National newspaper, British and lives in the UAE.
13# Marc Antoine d’Halluin: President and CEO of Showtime Arabia, French and lives in the UAE.
18# Tim Riordan: Group TV Director of MBC Group, British and lives in the UAE.
25# Sunil John: CEO of Asda’a Burson-Marsteller Public Relations, Indian and lives in the UAE.
29# Ashish Joshi: Gulf Bureau Chief at Sky News, British and lives in the UAE.
41# Avishesha Bhojani: Chief Executive of Bates PanGulf, Indian and lives in the UAE.
49# Elias Ashkar: Saatchi & Saatchi CEO, American and lives in the UAE.
The top media and marketing figure lives in Qatar, the rest in the UAE, Al-Jazeera effect? Anyway, I would put Nelson Mattos the Google VP among the media and marketing figures, Google functions as a media rather than just a technology.
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Where do wealthy people go? According to the Mobile Wealthy Residency Index (MWRI), issued by the business strategy advisor to the wealth management industry Scorpio Partnership, Switzerland is the most attractive destination for wealthy people to reside, followed by London, Singapore, New York, and Hong Kong at the 5th place, while Dubai ranked 10th.
The index is based on the score of each country/city in: Economic and Political Stability, Legal Considerations, Education for Children, Proximity and Convenience, Employment and Business Opportunities, Depth of Financial Services, Tax and Immigration, Availability of Quality Housing, Security, Concentration/critical mass of RNDs, Sophistication/Culture/Infrastructure.
Dubai came 1st in the Availability of Quality Housing criteria, 2nd in Concentration/critical mass of RNDs, and 3rd in the Security.
Top destinations for wealth people:
1. Switzerland
2. London
3. Singapore
4. New York
5. Hong Kong
6. Jersey
7. Cayman
8. Isle of Man
9. Monaco
10. Dubai
11. Guernsey
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If you travel a lot, here is something you should check out, below are the top 10 restaurants in the world according to the annual S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards that was held on April 20th in London.
Top 10 restaurants:
El Bulli in Spain
The Fat Duck in the UK
Noma in the Denmark
Mugaritz in Spain
El Celler de Can Roca in Spain
Per Se in New York, USA
Bras in France
Arzak in Sapin
Pierre Gagnaire in France
Alinea in Chicago, USA
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In a new report issued by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Burma is the worst country to be a blogger, Maung Thura as sent to prison for 59 years for posting a video after the Cyclone Nargis last year, ha? Is that a crime that deserves 59 years in prison?
4 Arab countries were among the top 10 worst countries to be a blogger, Syria, Saudi, Tunisia and Egypt, the good thing is that we’re talking about single cases, one in each country, except Tunisia is more of a warning for writers in general, no cases were reported there.
So if we are talking about one case in each country, then let’s hope it won’t happen again. Here is the list:
1. Burma
Blogger Maung Thura, popularly known as Zarganar, is serving a 59-year prison term for disseminating video footage after Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
2. Iran
Blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi, jailed for insulting the country’s religious leaders, died in Evin Prison in March under circumstances that have not been fully explained.
3. Syria
Waed al-Mhana, an advocate for endangered archaeological sites, is on trial for a posting that criticized the demolition of a market in Old Damascus.
4. Cuba
The government now jails 21 writers who were on the leading edge of online journalism in the early part of the decade. These writers, all but one of whom was jailed in 2003, phoned or faxed their material to overseas Web sites for posting.
5. Saudi Arabia
Blogger Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan was jailed without charge for several months in 2007 and 2008 for promoting reform and the release of political prisoners.
6. Vietnam
In October 2008, the Ministry of Information and Communication created a new agency tasked with monitoring the Internet.
7. Tunisia
In a March address, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali warned writers against examining government “mistakes and violations,” saying it was “an activity that is unbecoming of our society and is not an expression of freedom or democracy.”
8. China
In 2008, the National Office for Cleaning Up Pornography and Fighting Illegal Publications announced that it had removed more than 200 million “harmful” online items during the prior year.
9. Turkmenistan
Turkmentelecom, the state Internet service provider, routinely blocks access to dissident and opposition sites, while it monitors e-mail accounts registered with Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
10. Egypt
Blogger Abdel Karim Suleiman, known online as Karim Amer, is serving a four-year prison term on charges of insulting Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Despite the recession and the number of layoffs that stormed the country, the United Arab Emirates remains the largest job market in the region, according to a report by Emirates Business 24|7, 50% of the listed jobs in the first quarter of 2009 on 4 main job websites were in the UAE.
The report covers bayt.com, monstergulf.com, careerjunctionme.com and gulftalent.com
49% UAE with 3,754 jobs
26% Saudi Arabia with 2,007 jobs
13% Qatar with 997 jobs
7% Kuwait with 527 jobs
3% Bahrain with 206 jobs
2% Oman with 184 jobs
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