The author of this piece, Kara Schoeffling, is the Director of Communications, Partnerships & Programs for Nabbesh.com, an online platform aimed at combatting the region’s unemployment crisis. Nabbesh is the Middle East’s first virtual skills marketplace. Home to over 35,000 skilled freelancers, it connects freelance talent with project-based and flexible, virtual and part-time work opportunities. It was the winner of the Entrepreneur, a reality TV show aired on Dubai One Television.