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zack429

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to move to Riyadh in a month or so to work there. I am originally form India, tried hard to find jobs in Suadi(specifically in Riyadh) from here but failed miserably. Several friends of mine advised me to visit Riyadh on Azad-visa and start hunting jobs from within Riyadh. I am in IT and have over 4 years of experience, I would appreciate if someone could advise me in this matter.

Please let me know if you need more details about anything.

Christine

Hi zack429! Try the Riyadh classifieds > job section.

Good luck!

zack429

Thanks Christine, I will keep looking at classifieds for jobs...

Alliecat

Just out of curiousity, Zack, how can you move here without a job to sponsor you?

I don't quite understand the 'in's and out's' of the system here, I am afraid.

Or, when you said 'move' you actually meant 'visit'?  What's an azad visa?

Thanks for the info.

Oh, and btw, I think there are a few IT openings listed in the classifieds!

zack429

Thanks Alliecat,

I am not exactly sure how it works, but I will try to explain: I will visit Riyadh on a Professional visa which is valid for one year and during that time frame I need to find a job. Thats how I think it works.

I know there are a lot of openings in IT, but IT is like an ocean - there are several sub-fields. I am into Business Intelligence, DBA, Data Warehouse stuff. I know it will sound like Greek to a non-IT guy. Perhaps someone in IT can point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance for your help...Peace be with you all..

musicman

We are looking for a DBA for a planned ERP Solution in the coming months. Please let me have your resume and will see what I can do.

fazlis@gmail.com

Regards

zack429

Thank you so  much musicman,

I sent you an email with my resume, please let me know if you need anything else.

musicman

Thanks zack429. Seen and reviewed the resume. Will put it for consideration for a role as DBA with our oprganization and keep you posted. Do contact me on email when you come. Lets see how best we can work this out for your benefit.

zack429

Thank you very much musicman, really appreciate your help.

I will let you know as soon as I visit Riyadh.

Thank you once again...

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