Al-Futtaim Group intends to employ 5,000 citizens within 5 years

Al-Futtaim Group will continue its journey in attracting Emiratis.

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Al-Futtaim Group has expressed its support for the goals and plans of Emiratisation in the private sector in the UAE, stressing that the Emiratisation file is one of its major priorities, as it aims through its “Synyar” Emiratisation program to reach a Emiratisation rate of 10% during the next two years, and provide 5,000 job opportunities. Job opportunities and qualifications for citizens in eight vital sectors in the group during the next five years.

The Council of Ministers, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, recently adopted a new policy for classifying private sector establishments in a way that supports the goals and plans of Emiratisation and consolidates the government's partnership with the private sector in this field.

Meera Al-Futtaim, a member of the Board of Directors of the Al-Futtaim Educational Foundation and Chairman of the Al-Futtaim Emiratisation Council, said, "The group responded quickly to support government strategies and plans for Emiratisation in the UAE, believing in the role of the private sector in cooperation with government agencies in achieving sustainable development."

She added that "Al-Futtaim Group recently announced its Emiratisation strategy, which includes its outputs: allocating 5,000 job and qualifying job opportunities for citizens during the next five years, and reaching a nationalization rate of 10% during the next two years."

She indicated that the group has already provided job opportunities for about 357 citizens during the year 2021 and the beginning of this year 2022, in all the specialties available to it, and the group intends to employ 450 citizens during the current year, to increase the number of citizens working in the group to reach 1100 Emiratis by the end of 2022, to The group's investment in training and developing Emirati employees and new entrants to work in its various departments and departments, as this will achieve the government's ambition to increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of citizens in all vital sectors in the UAE labor market.

And she continued, "The Al-Futtaim Group will continue its path of attracting Emiratis, creating all opportunities for them to contribute to the group's development by occupying various jobs in it, and launching initiatives and partnerships that will work to achieve sustainable development in the UAE."

• The group intends to employ 450 citizens during the current year.

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