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Smart public sector

UAE Ministry of Economy
updates smart data
service

MJobs app garners strong
support
The mJobs app, which was launched by Dubai Smart Government
Department (DSG) at the end of April, was downloaded by 15,700
users during the first three weeks of its release, with statistics revealing that 67,740 various operations were processed through the app
from 18 government entities in the first month. As many as 3,000
people registered through the mJobs app itself, while 12,700 people
applied for the announced job vacancies.
The mJobs app has many features including: allowing users to
view all the job vacancies in the participating government entities
as soon as they login. In addition, several channels have been added to give job-seekers easy access to the app including logging in
through the job applicant’s Facebook account and the feature of
uploading their resumes through Dropbox or Smartphone.  Work is
underway to launch a version of the app for Android users shortly.

In July, the UAE’s Ministry of Economy announced it had updated
the country’s trade figures app up to the end of 2014, as part of its
renewed focus on providing smart data services to residents and
citizens of the UAE. The trade statistics application can be found on
the ministry’s official website (www.economy.ae).
The step is in line with the ‘smart’ directives of the UAE leadership
that has urged the federal government to further reach out to the
public through the regular launch of innovative services and continued updating of various apps and e-services. The trade statistics
application is an important tool for individuals, businesses and public institutions for obtaining up-to-date numbers that are crucial to
all trade transactions in the current business landscape.

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