Expo 2020 will increase competition for jobs

Dubai’s successful bid to host the World Expo in 2020 will increase competition in the local job market, although a number of employees will benefit from salary increases of up to 25 per cent, industry experts said.

The global event, considered the third largest in the world after the Olympics and the World Cup, is expected to further elevate Dubai’s status as an expatriate destination. With thousands of jobs forecast to be created, more people will want to come to Dubai for work and jobseekers may be in for a tough ride ahead. We will also see massive competition from both global and local ... This massive surge of employment is estimated to increase salaries

The World Expo is expected to create 220,000 jobs, but the UAE population, which stood at 9.2 million as of last year, is already forecast to reach 12.2 million in 2018.