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Hiring expectations run high in UAE

DUBAI, February 28, 2016

While six out of every 10 working respondents in the UAE expect their employers to be hiring in the next three months, four in 10 say that the employers will be definitely hiring, according to a new report.

The majority of respondents in the UAE said that, in the next three months, they will be mostly hiring sales managers (23 per cent), receptionists (19 per cent), accountants (16 per cent) and civil engineers (16 per cent), explained the Middle East Job Index Survey conducted by Bayt.com, a leading job site in the Middle East and research and consulting firm YouGov.

According to working respondents in the UAE, 39 per cent are ‘definitely hiring’ and 21 per cent are ‘probably hiring’ in the next three months, while just 7 per cent say that they are ‘definitely not hiring’ in the same time period. Focusing on future expectations, 73 per cent of UAE working respondents state that their companies will be hiring in a years’ time, with 34 per cent ‘definitely hiring’ and 39 per cent ‘probably hiring’. On the other hand, 3 per cent are ‘definitely not hiring’ and 16 per cent ‘don’t know/can’t tell’ their intentions for recruitment in the coming year.

Among those hiring in the next three months in the UAE, a third will open positions to fill a maximum of five job roles, while 24 per cent will be hiring for 6-10 jobs. Nearly half of them (49 per cent) will be looking for ‘team leaders/supervisors’ and 45 per cent will be looking to hire ‘mid-career candidates with no managerial responsibilities’, while a third will be looking to fill ‘managerial’ positions.

More than half of the working respondents in the UAE (56 per cent) claim that, over the last three months, their company has hired new employees, and 11 per cent say that they had new hires in the last six months.

Roles and experience employers are looking for

Ideally, UAE companies are looking for candidates with managerial experience (39 per cent), while 31 per cent look for mid-level experience (3 to 7 years). 28 per cent are looking for candidates with experience in sales and marketing, and another 28 per cent are looking to hire candidates with engineering experience.

Desired skills and qualifications

The most desired skill by UAE companies is the ability to work well in a team, with almost half of those surveyed (49 per cent) claiming that their company values candidates who are ‘team players’. Good communication skills in Arabic and English, efficiency and productivity and leadership, are also highly valued skills for 46 per cent, 41 per cent and 40 per cent of UAE working respondents, respectively. Good communication skills in English only and the ability to work well under pressure both follow at 39 per cent.

As for the most sought-after educational qualifications, graduate/post graduate degrees in Business Management, Commerce and Engineering emerged as the most desired academic qualifications when looking for candidates in the UAE (all at 27 per cent).

Industries attracting top talent in the UAE

Respondents living in the UAE claim that ‘construction’ (40 per cent), ‘banking/finance’ (34 per cent), ‘tourism/hospitality’ (31 per cent), and ‘recreation/entertainment’ (30 per cent) attract and retain the best talents in the UAE.

Moreover, almost a third of UAE working respondents (32 per cent) believe that their industry is more attractive as a potential employer when compared to other industries, while two in 10 consider it to be equally attractive. On a national level, more than half of respondents (51 per cent) consider the UAE as a more attractive job market when compared to other countries in the MENA region.

“At Bayt.com there are currently more than 10,000 jobs posted on the website on any given day. In the UAE alone, we have more than 4,000 job vacancies,” said Suhail Masri, VP of Employer Solutions, Bayt.com.

“This augments the tremendous amount of recruitment that takes place via the Bayt.com CV Search functionality for employers who prefer not to immediately advertise their pressing job vacancies, which recruiters can try for free on bayt.com/en/search-cv/.  Jobseeker registration on our website is growing at over 12,000 new professionals a day and continues to reflect a healthy appetite for jobs across the industrial and career spectrum.

“Of particular note has been the uptake of corporate consumption of our proprietary branded career channel platform, Talentera, which empowers corporates big and small to seamlessly integrate and comprehensively manage, monitor and measure their entire recruitment function in-house using the award-winning technology Bayt.com has pioneered,” he added.

“It is interesting to see the most popular job roles in the UAE have changed since our last survey in July, indicating the fluidity of the UAE market when it comes to employment options,” said Elissavet Vraka, research manager, YouGov.

More than two thirds of UAE respondents work in the private sector (67 per cent), with 27 per cent of them said they work in a multinational company, and 20 per cent in a small or medium-sized local company. 16 per cent of the respondents are currently not working.

Twenty-three per cent of working respondents claimed to be ‘junior managers/team leaders’, 22 per cent ‘middle managers’ and 12 per cent of the respondents said they were ‘directors or senior managers’. Of the UAE respondents surveyed, 17 per cent work in the construction industry. – TradeArabia News Service




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