"With the very limited space that we had and we were also advised initially that there were only eight tables to be provided to us, how can we invite more employers? Though on the day itself we were provided with more tables, three employers sharing one table hardly hearing each other with the interviewee," she said.

"I feel sorry for those who were not shortlisted especially if they badly need a job but this is the reality of life... in the normal [job] application, you will not expect that you will be selected and interviewed," she said.

Joel Foronda, chairman of the FilCom organisation that organised the Philippine Independence Day event, According Gulf News he is investigating the issues Filipinos raised on social media. 

JM, a former HR specialist, said that although he appreciated the organisers' intention of helping job hunters, "it seems they were overwhelmed with the influx of job applicants just an hour after the event started".

The job seeker said he came early and had to borrow money for a taxi ride to the venue as here was yet no Dubai Metro service that time. 

"They just told me to drop the CV in the drop box and that they'll send an SMS after 2 to 3 hours, which I expected but didn't happen," According Gulf News.

JM said the job fair could have certainly been organised better to save people’s time and effort. 

"They posted a small flow chart on the wall at the venue but I could barely read it. Even if we followed that flow chart, the fact is that the whole system crashed even during the registration period," he said.

"It was like a crash after takeoff. They should know the projected traffic for an event like this, knowing also that this was not their first time to hold this activity," he said.

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