Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Evidencing the meaningful implementation of its well established National Emiratization Policy, Dubai Aluminium has successfully achieved its goal for the year by securing recruiting 120 UAE Nationals during 2012. This has been accomplished by pro-actively participating in career fairs and employer days held at various universities and colleges across the UAE throughout the course of the year; as well as the prestigious Careers UAE 2012 exhibition.
Most recently, DUBAL was invited (along with other companies in the UAE) to participate in the 2012 UAE Student Forum arranged by the Embassy of the UAE in Washington DC mid-November; and responded by way of both sponsorship and a display stand. The three-day event drew more than 1,000 UAE National students who are currently completing their studies in the USA (graduating in Spring 2013); and was attended by His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (Deputy Director of the Department of American and Pacific Affairs, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba (Ambassador of the UAE to the US) and.
Sultan Al Sabri (Vice President: Human Resources & Organization Effectiveness) said that "DUBAL's participation in the 2012 UAE Student Forum was most successful. Our stand, which was manned by representatives of all the major operational areas of our smelter complex, attracted the applications from more than 300 students from diverse disciplines such as engineering, finance and administration all of whom are keen to pursue careers in an industrial setting. This level of interest is certainly fitting of DUBAL's status as the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology.
Al Sabri adds that DUBAL's main objective was to recruit young talent for the company's Graduate Trainee Program an 18 month long on the job training program that equips university graduates to assume a role as one of DUBAL's first line supervisors. Participants in the GTP benefit from ongoing mentoring, coaching, training courses and developmental feedback, as well as an incremental growth in salary through the period of the training programme. Moreover, selected GTP participants with higher potential levels may be identified to fill middle-level management positions and 'fast-tracked' through the training and development process.
Al Sabri noted that "The 2012 UAE Student Forum was very well organized, resulting in an environment conducive to positive prospects for the students and participating companies alike. This was DUBAL's first appearance at the annual UAE Student Forum in the USA, but will not be our last. To the contrary, we plan to include the event in our annual calendar of UAE National Development activities in support of our National Emiratization policy; and look forward to similar success in the future.”
