Looking for a job in Dubai? Add these 5 words to your résumé

Dubai - The right set of keywords is all it takes to make your resume stand out on the recruiter's desk.

Your resume reaches the recruiter before you do. It creates your first impression. Poorly written resumes end up confusing the recruiter, and get tossed into the trash.

Bayt.com has unveiled the top five keywords that employers in the Middle East are using to find candidates.
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With these hot keywords, job seekers will have the knowledge to revise or tweak their profiles and increase their visibility and attractiveness for employer searches and find more career opportunities.

According to Bayt.com, the most heavily searched keyword in 2016 on the Bayt.com CV Search database was 'Sales', searched for over 170,000 times in 2016 alone.

This was followed by 'Manager', 'Engineer', 'Accountant', and 'HR'. Other popular words included 'Marketing', 'Finance', 'Project Manager', 'Assistant', 'Secretary', 'IT', 'Business', 'Development', 'Mechanical', 'Procurement', 'Design', and 'Civil'.

"Helping empower job seekers and employers in the region is our number one priority at Bayt.com. We have collated and released the list of top keywords to empower job seekers and allow them to strengthen their CVs and profiles and target such keywords," said Suhail Masri, Vice President of Employer Solutions, Bayt.com.

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