Naukrigulf.com

Naukrigulf.com
Type of site
 Job Portal
Available in English, Arabic
Area served Middle East
Owner Info Edge India Ltd
Founder(s) Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Slogan(s) "Fastest Growing Job Site in the Gulf."
Website www.naukrigulf.com
Alexa rank Steady 9438 (February 2015)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Free
Launched 2006
Current status Active

Naukrigulf is job website based out of India. The website offers recruitment solutions to jobseekers in the Gulf region and caters to the employment markets of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain. It is one of the top ten popular websites in Dubai.[2] The website simplifies the job search process for jobseekers and provides various hiring solutions to help recruiters hire quality talent. The platform helps its clients fulfill their hiring needs.

Naukrigulf is owned by InfoEdge India, which owns various internet properties. Along with Naukrigulf, the company’s employment portals such as Naukri.com, Quadrangle, Job Seeker Services and First Naukri complete the primary recruitment business. While Naukri.com caters to jobseekers in India, Naukrigulf reaches out to jobseekers in the Gulf region. Naukri.com was started in 1997 and the international operations of the company of the launched with Naukrigulf in July 2006.

Since 2010, Tarun Aggarwal is the SVP and Business Head of Naukrigulf.[3][4]

Naukrigulf Website is also available in Arabic.[5]

Etymology

The word ‘Naukri’ means jobs in Hindi. Naukrigulf takes its name from brand Naukri.com, which is the first jobsite in India. Naukrigulf roughly translated means Jobs in The Gulf.

Business model

Naukrigulf follows the Business-to-customer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) models.

The website earns from subscription fees and advertising. Jobseekers services such as Resume Writing services are available through Naukri India.

Product Range/Features

The Website is used by job seekers to register online, add their CV for free, and find jobs best suited for them based on their work experience, skills, qualifications, and location in the Gulf Region. Various features of the website such as Career café and Search Jobs are designed for the jobseekers. The Careercafe section provides advice to professionals on various aspects of job search in the Gulf. The Search Jobs section allows searching by keywords, locations, functional areas and industry types.

Naukrigulf.com also offers a range of products to recruiters like Jobseeker Database, Job Advertisements, Employer Branding Solutions and Career Sites.

Jobseeker Database Search: Provides recruiters an easy access to the most comprehensive and rich pool of jobseekers in the Gulf region. Equipped with powerful search and filter options, it helps a recruiter shortlist the right candidate with ease, closes positions faster, and allows search as per the required experience level or profile.

Job Advertisements: It offers an easy solution to employers to invite job applications from interested candidates. It ensures reach to the maximum number of jobseekers and smart inbox filter to track the relevant applications. Helps recruiters reach out to 100,000+ active jobseekers daily by advertising their job vacancies and inviting applications from interested jobseekers. Naukrigulf’s powerful Response Management Software filters out irrelevant applications and simplifies shortlisting of profiles.

Employer Branding Solutions: Branding solutions is a tool to promote employer’s brand and reach to job applicants. Helps recruiters enhance his visibility among jobseekers and maximize responses to their job openings. It includes features tools like customized brand pages for brands on Naukrigulf, enhanced traffic and visibility to companies through links, banners or and logos, and customized Emailer and recruitment campaigns.

Powered Career Sites: This is a cloud-based, cost-effective solution, which converts a company’s corporate site into its own e-hiring platform. It powers the ‘Careers’ section on a company’s corporate site and helps convert website visitors into dedicated job applicants.

Mobile Versions

1) Mobile Website: The website launched its mobile site in 2013. The mobile site allows job seekers to search relevant jobs. The features of the mobile site include apply without registration, create job alerts, bookmark jobs, apply filters, and recent searches for re-use.

2) Mobile Apps: Naukrigulf.com also launched mobile apps in 2013. The mobile apps for Android and iOS platforms allow job seekers to search jobs in the Gulf region and apply to jobs on the go. Jobseekers receive real time notifications. Naukrigulf mobile apps are among the most popular job apps in the Gulf job market. The website’s job search app is one of the top 5 apps in the UAE.[6][7]

The Hiring Outlook

Naukrigulf.com frequently conducts studies and surveys to analyze the hiring sentiment in the Middle East region. The company’s hiring outlook survey is conducted on a biannual basis, which provides an insight into the GCC’s growing jobs market.[8][9]

The Hiring Outlook projected about the job creation in the backdrop of Dubai Expo 2020. According to Tarun Aggarwal, Business Head – Naukrigulf.com, more recruiters are looking to hire staff in the UAE. He also said that the financial sector has created more demand for bankers, while project managers, architects and surveyors can witness greater demand in the construction sector.

Hiring trends are influenced by the economic landscape. With Dubai planning to host World Expo 2020, companies in the construction, hospitality and financial sectors have a huge scope from hiring in the coming time. Tarun Aggarwal also predicted an increase in job openings in customer relationship, facilities management, and hotel management jobs in the UAE. Not only home-based companies, but also foreign multinational companies are looking to hire the talent from other countries to meet the global expansion.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "naukrigulf.com - Traffic Details from Alexa". Alexa Internet, Inc. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. ↑ http://www.smartearningmethods.com/10-popular-websites-to-find-jobs-in-dubai/
  3. ↑ http://www.infoedge.in/ir-corporate-presentations.asp
  4. ↑ http://gulfnews.com/business/sectors/general/uae-a-hot-spot-for-overseas-assignments-1.1325425
  5. ↑ http://arabic.naukrigulf.com/
  6. ↑ http://www.dubaichronicle.com/2013/10/23/top-5-apps-for-job-search-in-uae/
  7. ↑ http://www.medianama.com/2013/10/223-info-edge-concall-justdial-vs-zomato-99acres-doing-well-mobile-traffic-rising/
  8. ↑ http://gulfnews.com/business/general/uae-a-hot-spot-for-overseas-assignments-1.1325425
  9. ↑ http://www.zawya.com/story/Naukrigulfcom_Survey_Reveals_Salary_the_Most_Important_Factor_While_Considering_a_New_Job-ZAWYA20140721085052/
  10. ↑ http://mid-east.info/61-of-recruiters-expect-new-jobs-in-the-first-half-of-2014-naukrigulf-com-hiring-outlook-survey-20397/
  11. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/76-gulf-recruiters-predict-more-jobs/
  12. ↑ http://gulfnews.com/business/sectors/careers/6-in-10-companies-in-uae-expect-more-jobs-in-next-6-months-1.1472361
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