the hotel staff greet you by name!
So back In Dubai to do more interviewing...nature of this job means the candidates are somewhat geographically dispersed and whilst Skype is a good starter for 10, I certainly wouldn't consider making employment decisions on that basis.
Other than interviewing I met with our facilitator who is in the process of finalising the 'fit' for our new office on Sheikh Zayed Road which is opposite Dubai Marina, and next to the Jumeirah Islands. The place looks great and it'll be so nice to be able to interview somewhere other than a hotel foyer plus the views should be stunning!
As a lone female I think the Business Development Director and his girlfriend felt obliged to ask me to go out with them for the evening and I was trying to decide whether to be a gooseberry or stick with room service when one of our customers turned up - this naturally necessitated providing entertainment as part of a good client relationship management process so I didn't feel quite so much like a spare part!
It's funny how life works out...in the course of conversation with the larger than life American convoy client over dinner & numerous Long Island Iced Teas it turned out he needed a humongous crane. This brought to mind the Middle Eastern Correspondent's many tales of old about using cranes to drop swimming pools into the rich's gardens as opposed to knocking down walls or messing up gardens. So introductions to Rallyman were made and I am hopeful that the convoy guy's problem will now be solved :o)
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