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7 in 10 UAE Employers Plan to Hire within a Year

In an effort to measure hiring potential across the Middle East and North Africa, Bayt.com - the Middle East’s #1 Job Site – and YouGov – global online market research company – conducted the latest Middle East Job Index Survey. Results from the survey have revealed that, in the GCC, almost two in three (64%) employers plan to hire within the next year. Even more in the UAE specifically, nearly seven in 10 (69%) employers are planning to hire within the next year. 

Hiring in the Next Three and 12 Months

Within the next three months, almost half (48%) of all GCC employers are planning to hire. In the UAE, more than one in two (51%) employers said that they are “definitely” or “probably” going to hire. 

Among UAE companies that plan to hire within the next three months, more than three in eight (38%) are going to hire for a “Junior Executive”, followed by 30% who intend to hire a “Coordinator”, and 25% who intend to hire a “Manager”. When it comes to specific roles, 27% of employers in the UAE said they are looking to hire a “Sales Executive”, while another 18% are planning to hire an “Administrative Assistant”.

Certain sectors will be hiring more than others over the next three months. More than half (53%) of the private sector – small/medium local companies, as well as other private sector companies intend to hire, followed by private sector – large local companies (51%) and private sector – multinational companies (49%). 

In terms of future hiring expectations, even more companies in the UAE (69%) are planning to hire. Private sector – multinational companies have the highest hiring intentions in a year’s time (67%) within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Among employers who were surveyed, 75% claim that their company has hired new employees in the past 12 months. In fact, 50% of employers claim that new hires at their companies were made within the past three months. 

“In the UAE, the hiring forecast shows a continuation of a strong job market, with nearly seven in 10 UAE employers planning to hire within the next year and more than one in two planning to hire within three months,” said Suhail Masri, VP of Employer Solutions, Bayt.com. “We have also seen that more than a third (36%) of those planning to hire in the UAE within three months are looking to hire for more than five job roles. At Bayt.com, these findings come as no surprise to us: there are more than 10,000 jobs posted on Bayt.com on any given day, nearly 3,000 of which are UAE-based. Our mission is to continue working very closely with the region’s employers to help them find talent. We also are always enhancing and developing our tools and information that empower and support job seekers on their journey to finding the ideal jobs.”

Qualifications and Skills in Demand 

When it comes to academic qualification, a large number of UAE employers are looking for Business Management Graduation/Post Graduation (33%), followed by Engineering Graduation/Post Graduation (32%) and Commerce Graduation/Post Graduation (25%). 

In terms of skills in high demand, more than half (53%) of UAE employers are looking for candidates that are “team players/ cooperative/ helpful/ flexible”, followed by those with an “ability to work under pressure” (50%), and “Good Communication Skills – Arabic and English” (47%). 

When UAE employers look for experience, 35% of employers said that they look for candidates with good “managerial” experience – “ability to manage a team”, 32% of employers look for “mid-level experience (3 to 7 years), and another 31% are looking for candidates with “sales and marketing experience”. 

Masri adds: “We encourage companies and organizations to use Bayt.com features, including our CV Search and Job Postings, when looking to hire new employees. Our tools and database of nearly 30 million CVs can help employers meet their hiring needs and ensure that they fill their vacancies as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.” 

Attractiveness of job market and industry

The majority of respondents in the UAE (67%) feel that their country of residence is “more attractive” than other MENA countries as a job market. Almost half (49%) of respondents also said that their industry is “more attractive” as a potential employer in comparison to other industries.

The industries emerging as the ones attracting/retaining top talent in the UAE include Real Estate/ Construction / Property Development (31%), Banking/Finance (30%), and Engineering/Design (25%). When it came to industries attracting/retaining top Graduate talent in the UAE more than a third of respondents (35%) said Banking/Finance, this was closely followed by Engineering/Design (33%) and Business Consultancy/ Business Management/ Management Consulting (31%). 

When it came to industries attracting/retaining the top National talent, a similar trend was highlighted: Banking/Finance (34%) came first followed by Government/ Civil service (32%) and Real Estate / Construction / Property Development (23%). In addition, the majority of respondents said that industries attracting/retaining female talent are Banking/Finance (44%), Hospitality/ Recreation/ Entertainment (44%), and Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations (42%).



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