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A skill-link.com user sent us a message 'crying over lost values', complaining about wide spread unprofessional attitudes and lack of courtesy. Do you share her opinion ? Find out what she has to say… and read skill-link.com's comment on the message.
What do you know about AMIDEAST, the private, nonprofit organization providing English language skills training, educational advising, and testing services to hundreds of thousands of students and professionals in the Middle East administering educational exchange programs ? Find out more about the AMIDEAST in this article (in Arabic) from "Hi" magazine. Tell me more
"Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs" – the annual report just released by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation - finds that reforms, while often simple, can create many new jobs. Surprisingly enough, Egypt was among the top 12 reformers in the past year. However, the Middle Eastern nations were found to impose many regulatory obstacles on entrepreneurs and have been the second-slowest reformers . Tell me more
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A survey of salary trends in the GCC
has revealed an average Gulf-wide salary increase of 7 % over the
one-year period to August 2005. Qatar leads the group followed by
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE with, Bahrain and Oman respectively.
Find out more and how much Arabs have increased compared to other
nationalities.
BP Egypt and
the Cambridge Overseas Trust are offering a number of scholarships
to enable Egyptian university graduates to pursue one year of
graduate studies or leading to a Ph.D. at the University of
Cambridge (UK), one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious
universities. Each scholarship covers composition fees, college
fees, a maintenance allowance and a contribution towards a return
airfare.
Job hopping, or
frequent changes of employers may hurt your employment prospects when
seeking that special job you are after. While not all changes are the
same, you should be aware of how “job hopping” is seen by recruiters.
Find out more !
Arabic
speakers now have a portal for information on microfinance, through the recent
launching of the Arabic Microfinance Gateway. This initiative represents an
important new resource for microfinance in the Middle East. According to the
sponsors, it represents a major opportunity to engage in the region where
microfinance is developing fast and where, by following good practice,
microfinance could have a real impact on employment. 
Ashraf Al Shafaki, a young Egyptian
human resources and training professional established an internet
blog dedicated to human resources issues in Egypt. Find out more
about his innovative blog and browse / comment on some of
interesting topics posted there.
Numerous
professionals in our part of the world ignore what a cover letter is,
or do not appreciate its importance. It is unfortunate that 80% of job
applicants do not bother with one at all. Find out why it is critical
to your job-hunting efforts, how employers view it, and the guidelines
for a winning cover letter. 
Over the last two decades the British
Council has offered hundreds of distinguished scholarships to
top-ranking Egyptian students and promising professionals in
different fields to study at British universities. Maged Soryal
and Galal Nassar, who both benefited from these scholarships
discuss their experience.
Interested
in exploring studying opportunities in Germany ? Whether for
undergraduate or post graduate studies, Germany is now the 3rd
most popular host country for international students after the USA
and the UK. Find out more about the German universities and higher
education through a number of Arabic article we bring to you from
Deutschland Magazine. 
The
World Economic Forum released on April 2nd 2005 "The Arab World
Competitiveness Report 2005", the first ever systematic benchmarking
exercise for the Arab region. Twelve Arab countries are included in
the ranking, Egypt ranking 9th . The report identifies that all must
boost job creation and income levels.
