Management grads popular hires across Middle East firms
20 August 2013
More employers in Saudi Arabia are likely to hire over the next quarter than in any market in the Middle East, with business management graduates a key talent need, according to regional job site Bayt.com.
Tue, 20 Aug 2013More employers in Saudi Arabia are likely to hire over the next quarter than in any market in the Middle East, with business management graduates a key talent need, according to regional job site Bayt.com.
In research carried out alongside pollsters YouGov, in total, 65% of Saudi firms say they will definitely or probably hire more in the coming three months, compared with 63% in Qatar, 57% in UAE, 52% in both Egypt and Jordan, and 50% in Lebanon.
Business management is one of the most desirable qualifications across the region, listed in the top three of the ‘most wanted’ list in all six markets, being requested by 34% of Saudi firms and 40% of those in Lebanon-based companies, the highest rates across the region. Engineering skills were in demand in all the markets aside from Egypt.
In all of the markets, roughly half of respondents believe that their country is more attractive than other Middle East markets.
Earlier this summer the same job site found Omani professionals were the ones with the highest expectations of salary rises for 2013.
In research carried out alongside pollsters YouGov, in total, 65% of Saudi firms say they will definitely or probably hire more in the coming three months, compared with 63% in Qatar, 57% in UAE, 52% in both Egypt and Jordan, and 50% in Lebanon.
Business management is one of the most desirable qualifications across the region, listed in the top three of the ‘most wanted’ list in all six markets, being requested by 34% of Saudi firms and 40% of those in Lebanon-based companies, the highest rates across the region. Engineering skills were in demand in all the markets aside from Egypt.
In all of the markets, roughly half of respondents believe that their country is more attractive than other Middle East markets.
Earlier this summer the same job site found Omani professionals were the ones with the highest expectations of salary rises for 2013.
- A separate survey released yesterday by white collar recruiter Morgan McKinley found that the number of professional jobs available in the UAE in Q2 2013 was 6% higher than the same period in 2012, although the number of new professional jobseekers rose at three times this rate.
