How To Find a Job in Qatar as a Foreigner

Doha, Qatar

Doha, Qatar

Qatar is a country located in the Middle East. The official language is Arabic.

Below is a selection of resources for searching for employment opportunities as a foreigner in Qatar.

General Job Search Engines and Classifieds

With the sites below, you can expect to get a 0.5 to 1.0% response rate (people who will respond back to you to whom you sent your application/CV.) Nevertheless, I encourage you to give these sites a try as you never know what you will come up with or what connections you can make from a simple e-mail or application.

  • Gulf Talent: I like Gulf Talent a lot for the Middle East. It is a good place to kick off your job search.
  • Career Jet: I’m sure you’ve heard of Career Jet. They have job search options for Qatar.
  • Indeed: The Qatar version of the big U.S. job search site Indeed.com.
  • Naukri Gulf: Naukri Gulf has a good array of search listings in not just Qatar, but the rest of the Middle East.
  • Learn4Good: Learn4Good has a good portal for jobs on a number of levels.

Teaching English

Teaching English will be your “easiest” option (if you are a native English speaker that is). All of the sites below are pretty similar and have a massive amount of teaching English job options. Browse through each of the sites for any Qatar job opportunities. Also, be sure to check out this cool table from the International TEFL academy that shows how much money teachers can expect to make in various countries around the world.

  • ESL Employment: Not the most beautiful interface, but who needs a pretty website when you have so many English teaching job options to choose from.
  • Total ESL: Also an overly busy interface but a wealth of job postings for teaching jobs abroad.
  • ESL Cafe: Dave does a great job in compiling some of the best job openings from around the world.
  • Tesall: Big teaching jobs aggregator.

Overseas and Expat Job Portals

  • Michael Page: An international executive recruitment website that I’ve used in the past. This site is targeted towards high-end job seekers.
  • eFinancialCareers: My favorite search engine for finance jobs on the web. I used them during my Wall Street days. They are limited for Qatar though.
  • Overseas Jobs:  I find that there is often significant overlap between the postings on this site and that of other sites. Nevertheless this site has been around for a while.
  • Go Abroad: I’ve always been a fan of GoAbroad. In fact, on the visa information portion of my website, you will find where I have linked to their global embassies directory. They have a good job portal too.
  • Linkedin: Last but not least, this huge professional social network is a resource for building contacts in the field and location of your interest.

There you have it. The best places to find jobs in Qatar as a foreigner. For information on visas for Qatar, be sure to check out my Qatar visa page.

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