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Understanding AI is key to career progression, HR experts say

High-tech professions are evolving so quickly that willingness to learn could be more important than qualifications

Rachel Kelly
March 17, 2025

From health care to hospitality, financial services to furniture design, understanding technology and artificial intelligence will be
essential to school leavers, whatever their plan for embarking on the working world, human resources experts say.

Speaking to The National about current and future job trends, Jennifer Campori, managing director of recruitment company
Charterhouse, said the three sectors to watch are data science, analytics and AI.

Ms Campori stressed, however, that as AI and tech innovation are evolving so quickly, it is important to look for courses and
institutions that provide the right support and environment to foster continuous learning – and that may not necessarily translate
into starting with a degree.

“I spoke to a client today who has just placed a candidate in a very senior role within technology and they're very focused on
cryptocurrency, and they are a very well-known brand, and the individual doesn't have a degree,” said Ms Campori. A willingness
to learn can be more important than qualifications, she added.

Ms Campori, who comes from the US but has been in the UAE for more than 21 years, said pupils and students are also
increasingly looking for security beyond academic rankings. She said an open and welcoming community is important, as well as
safety, with many students and parents closely monitoring global tension and geopolitical issues.

“I wouldn't have said it would have been an issue before but I think [it is] now, particularly in the US,” Ms Campori said. “I might

feel uncomfortable [studying in the US] as a non-US citizen.”

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