Once you have identified the skills needed for the positions you want to fill, there are many sources that can help you recruit job applicants.

Fee-Based Searches Through HR Consulting Firms
Employment agencies specialize in finding industry or skill-specific employees. The primary advantages are the professional screening services provided by such agencies, including background checks and aptitude tests. Employers typically pay a considerable fee to the agency for its services.

Interns
Colleges and universities usually have a distributive education program in which students work for you part-time or volunteer as interns while they learn about your business. Interns typically expect to learn skills or useful information relevant to their chosen field of study. Prior to contacting a school regarding interns, make sure that you have a clear idea of how an intern will benefit from working with you.

Service Contracting - Outsourcing
Because of the infrequency of the need or the specialized nature of the work, many business needs are better met by contracting for the service rather than hiring permanent employees.
Services often contracted include:

• Security
• Janitorial
• Waste management
• Equipment/mechanical maintenance
• Merchandise delivery
• Payroll accounting
• Printing
• Data processing
• Messenger
• Grounds upkeep
• Interior decorating
• Building upkeep (remodeling, roofing, painting)
• Specialized services (installation, servicing and cleaning of appliances, carpeting, and furniture)
• Accounting and Auditing

In these situations you enter a contract with a business to perform specific services, during a specific period or at a specific time, for a specific price. The terms of the contract cite responsibility for providing any materials or equipment necessary to perform the service and other requirements for successful completion. It is the contracting firm's responsibility to provide staff, pay them, and supervise them.
When contracting for services, it is wise to require:

• References from other companies that have used the contractor and will comment on the quality of contract performance.
• Certificates of insurance demonstrating that the contractor has adequate liability and other coverage for its employees.
• Copies of required licenses for performance of certain services.
• Appropriate warranty or guarantee on the quality of the work.
• Clear payment schedule including possible retainage (holding back of a portion of payments) pending satisfactory completion of a project.

Proposals for services usually are presented and detailed on standard forms designed by the contractor. It is wise to have your legal counsel review the terms of the documents before you sign them, to avoid any misunderstanding of your obligations. Such a review also may suggest amendments benefiting you that are also acceptable to the contractor.

Government Recruitment Services in the UAE

TANMIA (The National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority) has been established in 1999 to enhance employment opportunities and employability of nationals. It is a federal government organization, and is a major institution to deal with employment and employability strategies, policies and programs in the UAE. The authority cooperates with the three main centers in addition to the supporting departments and units. The Employment and Skills Development Centre (ESDC) manages many branches in different emirates. Center of Labor Market Research and Information (CLMRI) and Career Guidance and Planning Centre (CGPC) are supportive centers to the employment process. CLIMRI has conducted many field surveys in small and medium enterprises.

TANMIA provides employment, training and career guidance to job seekers at all educational levels including illiterates and job seekers who read and write only in all the emirates. On the other hand, it provides employers in different sectors (government, semi-government, local and private companies) with matched national candidates with requirements of their vacancies. For more information please visit www.tanmia.ae

Government Recruitment Services in the UAE
There are many recruitment agencies in the private sector in the UAE. These agencies serve all sectors (government, semi-government, local and private companies), and provide them with different nationalities of matched candidates with the requirements of their vacancies. Some of them are general in their services while others are more specialized and deal with specific professions.