There are some questions which are asked by almost every other employer, and whose answers are very much critical for your selection. Normally candidates either duck these questions and give unsatisfactory responses, leading to their exit from the game.

BizAims had the questions and their answers, as follows:

UAE expatriates who find themselves out of a job, thanks to the financial crisis, have a number of tough choices to make in the initial few days post-redundancy.

With the world slowing turning into recession, companies cutting costs and unemployment rising, it is quite difficult to sustain a career.

However, as BurrellesLuce notes, PR Industry still has the potential to see through recession. Here are eight tips offered to recession proof your PR Career:

Robert Scoble, the A-list blogger, shares practical advice on how not to apply for a job:

1. Include only an attachment and don’t write anything in the body of the email.
2. Include a misspelling.
3. Apply for a job which you are clearly unqualified for (it stands out like a sore thumb).

1. Arrive on time, but not too early: If you are invited to an interview for 9am say, arrive between 8.45 and 9am, no earlier. You might inconvenience the staff who are meeting you: it’s just as stressful preparing to interview candidates as being interviewed yourself! So if you arrive early walk around outside to clear your head and get some fresh air.

First impressions are critical during the hiring process.

In fact, many executives said they form an opinion about hiring a candidate within 10 minutes, despite spending nearly an hour in the actual interview, according to a recent poll by Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

Sama Dubai, the property unit of Dubai Holding, has begun work on Tunisia’s biggest investment project, a $25 billion real estate development expected to create 350,000 jobs, a senior executive said.

“Today we announce the start of work on the first stage of the ‘Mediterranean Gate’ project which includes 16 buildings worth $1 billion,” Farhan Faraidooni, executive chairman said on Thursday.