If you were to give advice to job seekers on how to get a job in Dubai or in Jeddah, what would you advise of doing effectively?

in Jeddah, I think you should go in both ways, first, sites like bayt, linkedin, Nokrigulf......

and then the old-fashioned way "this is how I see it"  through Elwasila, elwaseet....Etc.

i don't know about Jeddah, I can tell only about UAE 

1. Regularly update your resume on following sites

- Bayt.com

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- monstergulf.com

- gulfjobs.com 

- jobsabudhabi.com 

2. Advertise your skills on Dubbizzle.com thrice a day. Apply under the city of your preference. ( In my view it is the best option for jobhunt in gulf)

3. If you are applying for some position and find contact details of the recruiter , call them to follow up 

For more effective result follow all options given by Soma Biswas & Fazlur rahman.

Option -2 is more effective as this is a personalized service

follow with twice option above

I would have to vote for Option 2:

Contact to Head hunters and provide your CV with minimum cost and they will search a job fitting to your skills. Like what Mr. Fazlur said, it is more personalized and they've got thousands of employers to contact. Nowadays, employers tend to rely to recruitment companies to save time. So the probability of landing a job in UAE or Jeddah is higher if Head hunters will take care of it for you. 

Hi Randy,

From my extensive experience in job seeking, it is recommended to have a resume written professionally and a profile on job boards to be updated on regular basis like on Naukri, Bayt and others in this way, it would be more visible for companies and recruiters, moreover it is always god to get in touch directly with job posters if known for a better introduction and follow up later, that's in addition to the options you mentioned and the advice given by the above experts.

Thanks for the invite, I leave the answer to the experts

Thanks for invite , I think Soma Biswas had given a full answer 

1.seat company: You may be personal interview successful considered if they came out of them and you have spoken nearly two-thirds of the time over the search for information on the company in its field and its news and products and new expansions carried out, this gives you an advantage for the rest of the applicants even if it did not work to talk about some other things or were not you have experience

2. Look at the outpost to him: You must know a lot of details about the job that made it must direct the conversation between you and the person responsible for the opposite point of making what you have to prepare him of the job requirements and do not offer competencies in detail, this calls for boredom and gives a bad impression about you

3. Prepare answers to common questions: even in jobs that require technical information must be preparing to common questions in your field so it should put some time to think about certain questions and how to answer them positively, it's good to step in and you are assured to certain questions and you can play research online who have such interviews, whether in the same company or the same function and are exposed to experiences

4. Review your resume in 90 seconds: it is better to prepare a quick summary of your resume in 90 seconds, this explains the responsible for the interview that you have good preparation for questions interview, it also gives him more clearly you a picture and give him a reason for the acceptance of these point can be an excellent answer question: Tell us a little about yourself

5. Prepare questions to ask: At the end of the interview will be asked if you want to ask a question what? The choice skilful questions insightful Smart will tell you the extent of your enthusiasm for the job and there are some Almahbzh questions to such a question such as: "What is the strategic plan for the company?" "What is the best reason to work in the company?" You can also ask a question in the company illustrates how well you know the nature of the the company's business, so ask for a certain point drew your attention during the search by

6. Be neat and polished: how to show yourself well is a successful s interview should take enough time in the selection of clothes that will go out to the interview must be trained to the way that will deliver the greeting on the corresponding official While practicing the speech mode and answer key questions should imagine you are looking at the interviewer should not lose eye contact with him tried to give the best possible impression about yourself in this interview

thanks invite. ........ Support answer Mr ahamad