LinkedIn partners with UAE federal authority

Dubai: The UAE’s Federal Authority for Human Resources (FAHR) is partnering with professional network website LinkedIn, FAHR said in a statement on Tuesday.

The agreement will see FAHR and LinkedIn sign up 90,000 Federal Government employees on the website, getting them to create their online profiles.

The agreement, a memorandum of understanding (MoU), was signed by Abdul Rahman Al Awar, director-general of the FAHR, and Ali Matar, head of LinkedIn Talent Solutions in the Middle East and North Africa.