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Meet the companies actively hiring Emiratis. Leave with a plan.

Tawdheef x Zaheb is the UAE's leading Emiratisation career festival. Three days. Over one hundred hiring companies on the floor. Real conversations, practical sessions, and direct access to employers who are actively recruiting Emirati nationals.

This is not something you can replicate from home.

📅17 – 19 November 2026📍 ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

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FREE Entry for all registered Emirati visitors

Get Direct Access to 100+ Hiring Companies in the UAE

Tawdheef x Zaheb 2026 is the UAE’s leading Emiratisation and career development festival — giving you direct access to 100+ top employers across government and private sectors. Acquire actionable advice, participate in hands-on workshops, and connect one-on-one with experts so you can take your career forward.

From mock interviews to expert-led sessions, every moment is designed to give you a real advantage in your career. Register today and join the UAE’s most vibrant Emirati career community.

Why Tawdheef x Zaheb is worth the journey

Every session, zone, and conversation at Tawdheef x Zaheb is designed with one outcome in mind: to give Emirati visitors an advantage they cannot get anywhere else.

Emirati jobseekers meeting hiring managers at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025 in Abu Dhabi, exploring new career opportunities

Sit down with the people doing the hiring

Meet hiring managers and recruiters from over one hundred UAE companies. Ask direct questions. Get honest answers about what they are looking for, what roles are open, and how to get your application to the top of the pile.

Young Emirati professionals joining hands-on workshops at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025, developing practical job skills.

Walk away with practical skills

CV clinics, mock interview sessions, and expert-led workshops give you tools you can apply at your next interview. Not inspiration. Actionable guidance.

HR experts providing CV and interview feedback to Emirati candidates during Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025 in Abu Dhabi

Get real feedback on your CV and profile

Professionals who review applications every day will go through your CV line by line. They will tell you what to fix and how to fix it. Bring your CV. Leave with a stronger one.

Employers discussing career opportunities with Emirati visitors at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025 Emiratisation festival.

Meet companies that have committed to hiring Emiratis

Every exhibitor has confirmed active hiring intent. Come with your questions. These are not exploratory conversations.

Emirati professionals networking and exchanging ideas at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025, strengthening UAE connections.

Hear from Emiratis who have made the move

Panels and sessions led by Emirati professionals from the private and public sector. Practical, honest, and directly relevant to where you want to go next.

Emirati jobseekers meeting hiring managers at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025 in Abu Dhabi, exploring new career opportunities

Build professional connections that stay with you

Talk to professionals across sectors. Ask the questions you would never put in a cover letter. The conversations that happen at Tawdheef x Zaheb are the ones that open doors

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Highlights from Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025

Witness a celebration of community and shared vision of empowerment, engagement and Emiratisation.

Tawdheef x Zaheb Features

Tawdheef x Zaheb is built around four core areas. Each one delivers something you cannot replicate online

Career Guidance Zone

One-on-one sessions with career advisors. Honest feedback. A clear, targeted plan to move your career forward.

Workshop Sessions Zone

Ninety-minute expert-led workshops covering leadership, career transitions, and sector-specific skills. Tailored to your stage of career.

Professional Networking

Direct conversations with hiring managers. Not a panel. Not a stand queue. A real exchange with the person who makes the decision.

Emirati Heritage Zone

A celebration of community. Traditional food, music, and crafts. Emirati home-based entrepreneurs. A reason to come back on Day Two and Day Three.
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For employers: meet your next Emirati

Forty-four per cent of exhibitors at Tawdheef x Zaheb 2025 recruited candidates directly at the event. Thirty-seven and a half per cent collected over five hundred CVs across three days. One hundred per cent stated their intention to return.Your Emiratisation targets are real. Tawdheef x Zaheb makes them deliverable.

Interested in exhibiting? Speak to the team about stand availability for 2026