New to Tripoli

helloooooooo

welcome abroad

wish u enjoy your life here but may i  ask aout your field

keep in touch regards

eb

Welcome aboard, MEtravel

Your timing in Libya is clever, yet immensely daring.

With whom & what have you worked previously?

Hello

Why do you say daring?

I have worked for the last 15 years in PR agencies in the UAE and handled clients' communications needs across the Middle East/Africa region, with experience in both the private and public sector.  More recently , I was marketing manager for a niche property developer in Dubai, where I handled all aspects of brand development, project launch, residential unit sales, for the developer and our gated community 'lifestyle' project.  Due to Dubais economic crash, I lost my job, and I came here a few weeks ago to look for work in the field of marketing, PR, corp comms, ect ....I am also in contact with hospitality and tourism development organisations here, but so far no interviews .. ..Any ideas for me?!

I quite like it here, it reminds me of Dubai maybe 20 years ago ..

Hope to hear back from you
Cheers
Mare

MEtravel wrote:

hospitality and tourism development organisations here,

hi ME

thanks for your prompt reply and i work also in hospitality in sub department of sales and marketing anyhow in case you like to join this filed many international hotel chain open soon  and in case you like to make and as it sounds  you have good experience in this field so visit www.catererglobal.com

thx& Regards

EB

MoEl wrote:

Welcome aboard, MEtravel

Your timing in Libya is clever, yet immensely daring.

With whom & what have you worked previously?

Moe ( again ) you're just trying to get a "head" start
which in my opinion...nah, it's not gonna happen

get your head out of your world, man.

i got my eye on you, stop groveling you A*swipe !!!

Mudman wrote:

MEtravel wrote:

hospitality and tourism development organisations here,

When there are none, then you know there's room for many.

MEtravel, I may send you pm this week.

For now, it helps to understand that the Libyan market has been in its infancy for a very long time. And, despite recent changes of policy, it will remain a primitive market (read: controlled and directed mainly by accessible supply NOT by market demand) until the current consumer mentality rids itself of what had been ingrained in it over decades of business monotony.

I am sure you have seen the website www.libyainvestment.com which many companies post vacancies.  The Four Points Sheration Tripoli Hotel was looking for a Sales and Marketing Manager.  email- talent.libya@fourpoints.com
The UNDP is currently looking for a Communication Associate for a new PR project.  It is only short term, but will allow you to develop some contacts.  Closing date July 3.  You can find the post on their website and I think it is also posted on the libyainvestment site.

The Corintha Group has a new development project that will include business and residential space, so they may need staff in your field. There are a number of other projects in the works, but unfortunately I do not have company names for you. 

Good luck with the job search!

FYI

the posts on the above mentioned site ( and similar, plus the posts on local press including the Tripoli Post )
are there to demonstrate to the Labor Office that they have made an effort to signal the vacancy.

From the deepest of my experience archive, and hr background, the selected candidates...don't come through emails or mailboxes...

Oh, and hiring a foreigner on the spot is not as easy as it sounds. 

N.B.

1. the qualified candidate must poses skills that are not present in the local market.
2. it is very expensive for the employer in terms of...everything, cause the employee would expect a ridiculous salary to support themselves here and conduct a lifestyle they could only dream of in their country of origin.
( whereas locals are paid peanuts due to local regs.)
3. the candidate must exit for a work permit/visa, and the time frame for this to happen can take from a month to a year.

GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR WORLD

The positions I mentioned did not require Arabic and positions that require a local usually state that requirement.  Some companies want foreign employees for certain positions.  The law has changed from the past, in that companies must now prove that they cannot fill the vacancy locally, but this forum would not exist if employers did not need or desire foreign workers.

Make some good friends in this country and you never know what you can get into...

gabacho wrote:

Make some good friends in this country and you never know what you can get into...

Amen to that!

redsaraya wrote:

FYI

the posts on the above mentioned site ( and similar, plus the posts on local press including the Tripoli Post )
are there to demonstrate to the Labor Office that they have made an effort to signal the vacancy.

From the deepest of my experience archive, and hr background, the selected candidates...don't come through emails or mailboxes...

Oh, and hiring a foreigner on the spot is not as easy as it sounds. 

N.B.

1. the qualified candidate must poses skills that are not present in the local market.
2. it is very expensive for the employer in terms of...everything, cause the employee would expect a ridiculous salary to support themselves here and conduct a lifestyle they could only dream of in their country of origin.
( whereas locals are paid peanuts due to local regs.)
3. the candidate must exit for a work permit/visa, and the time frame for this to happen can take from a month to a year.

GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR WORLD

Interested (once you are back on here my friend, thanks again for the very decent PM) to see why you say the bit I highlighted. Some ex-pats I have got to know here do indeed lead a very expensive and lavish lifestyle, others (like me unfortunately) are living a lifestyle that is well below that of the one I had in the UK. Now I will admit my wife and I are saving 4 times what we were back home, but we have no car (I had a BMW M3 at home) and we live in a small 2 bed apartment (lived in a lovely house back in Scotland).

I agree totally that the pay for locals is nowhere near what it should be in some cases (just going by where I work by the way), and that some ex-pats are on far too much for what they contribute. Do you ever see Libya being able to redress this issue without losing some valuable skill sets ?

RedSaraya,
Why don't you upload your resume on Monster and wait by the phone.  If you are qualified enough you'll get a call.  Go work in Middleast or anywhere in the world and get the benefits you are looking for.
BTW I make 20% less in Libya than I used to somewhere else, The tax break helps a little. Money is not worth the pain you have to go through in this country.