How can I live and work in Doha, Qatar for the rest of my life?
I hold an American passport. I would like to live in Qatar for as long as I possibly can. What kinds of jobs are good for Americans? If I studied Mechanical Engineering in school, would that guarantee me a good job in Qatar? What about law or medicine? And how do I go about finding a job there once I know what I want to do? Also, I'm female. Does this have any bearing on how easy or hard it will be for me to find a job?
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i guess in medicine is much easier than any other field... but may i ask.... why thinking of Qatar
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mmmm Qatar is a very bad place to live try Kuwait and Dubai they are friendly people and they respect women but i think Kuwait is better place to live ... engineers get more than 3000 USDA and other thing especially Americans
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Qatar is a good place and growing and Emirates is also good Oman you could find friendly people but not good job
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There is no doubt my answer will be YES, you can live and work in Qatar. Our family lives in Qatar for the past 4 years and Qatar is the safest place we ever experienced after spending years in Florida and France. It is very safe for kids and women, you do not have to worry about burglary, rape, car hijacking, or children kidnapping! As a female, you can have a regular life meaning having a job, driving a car and not having to wear hijab (scarf) or abaya (black dress covering all body) like in Saudi Arabia! This shows you already how open minded the country is compared to other parts of the Middle East (we have a lady minister of education for the past 2 years). Holding a US passport is not a problem neither. We are over 7,000 Americans in the community and the American School of Doha (ASD) counts over 1,000 students. Most of those US citizens signed a contract overseas (best deals because you usually get a nice salary, + housing, + car, + insurance) and you also get a tax break of $ 80 K with the IRS as long you do not spend more than 30 days back home in the US. If you come here and look for a "local hire" position it will be more difficult, especally for a lady (trust my experience). In my case I speak several languages but not Arabic and sometimes it might be a problem for some employers. If you speak Arabic or can learn it, it would be a + especially in the law field (all jobs advertised for ussually request bilingual staff Arabic-English) and even medical field. For the engineering part if you look for a job in the oil/LNG sector English is fine. We have an amazing Education City shaping up and several US colleges have already moved in (Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, VCU, Weill Cornell with a teaching hospital of 350 beds to open soon). You have to know that we are over 830,000 inhabitants in this country and 3/4 are expatriates (majority coming from south Asia) and about 200,000 Qataris. Right now they try to have more Qataris get good positions and have more Qatari women in the working force, but there is still space for people with good education and experience. Engineering and medical field will always be in need. Inflation has been very high in the past 2 years (officially 12 % but it is over 20 %). Housing cost doubled or tripled this is why it has to be part of your benefits. To find a job over here, you have to apply online and check different sites. I will list you a bunch of sites to visit for more informations and to check job vacancies.
Title : How can I live and work in Doha, Qatar for the rest of my life
Description : How can I live and work in Doha, Qatar for the rest of my life? I hold an American passport. I would like to live in Qatar for as long a...