As part of the bank's continuing commitment to increase the participation of local talent in the banking sector, Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic economic institutions in the UAE, and the preferred bank for UAE nationals has announced its participation at the Sharjah National Career Exhibition (9 11 February, Expo Centre Sharjah). The banks efforts are in line with the UAEs Emiratisation drive to increase the UAE national workforce in the private sector.

At the event, held exclusively for UAE nationals, the bank will provide a wide range of career development and training opportunities throughout its numerous departments in addition to on-the-spot offers for potential candidates, both experienced Emiratis as well as university and high school graduates.

The banking enterprise performs an essential role in the UAE's economy and is one of the country's most essential business sectors. As one of the leading Islamic banks in the UAE, we favor to make sure that our Emirati youth play a dominant role in shaping the industry's future and driving innovation in the competitive international financial services landscape. Our goal is to proceed nurturing UAE national talent by offering them with a strong training foundation, vocational guidance and career development opportunities that empower their professional boom to emerge as business leaders of tomorrow, stated Marwan Salem Abunawas AlMheiri, Chief Human Resources Officer at Emirates Islamic.

Participating at career exhibitions offers us an opportunity to meet potential candidates and recruit a new batch of graduates who can offer added value to our sector. We are proud to have a team that is 26% Emirati, which exceeds our goal in the Emiratisation Points system advocated by the Council of Ministers for the financial and banking sector and enforced earlier in 2018, mentioned AlMheiri.
Emirates Islamic runs a sequence of industry-leading training programmes in coordination with the Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial Studies (EIBFS) to train Emirati youth and provide them an opportunity to make contributions to the boom of Islamic finance in the UAE

Al Mustaqbal, a six-month programme for school graduates up to the age of 20, includes both class room and on-job training, with successful trainees then being deployed completely throughout a number of divisions of Emirates Islamic. The banks Future Relationship Managers programme is a seven-month training designed for Emirati university graduates with the goal of creating them into Relationship Managers roles in the Wealth Management division of the bank. In addition, the bank also provides NASA, a training programme for Emirati college students fascinated in a banking career. Open to UAE National university graduates up to the age of 27, the 9-month course is a fast-track career development initiative.

For more information about Emirates Islamics participation at Sharjah National Career Exhibition 2020 and to know more about the banks training programmes, please visit Emirates Islamics stand in Hall E2-1 of Expo Centre Sharjah.