70% UAE Employers Plan Fresh Recruitment

Sectors such as real estate, banking, hospitality, public relations, and entertainment are soon expected to start fresh hiring, a new survey has pointed out.

Nearly seven in 10 employers in the UAE have said that they are planning to hire in a year’s time, Khaleej Times quoted the latest Middle East Job Index Survey by Bayt.com as suggesting.

From those surveyed, 75 percent of UAE respondents claim that their company has hired new employees in the past 12 months, the report said.

Within the next three months, 52 percent of UAE employers said that they are ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ going to hire; with 45 percent of the interested parties looking to hire for junior executive roles, followed by 28 percent who intend to hire a coordinator, and 27 percent intending to hire a manager, it added.

Several respondents in the UAE also reportedly said they are looking to hire a sales executive at 22 percent, while 15 percent said they want to hire a customer service representative.

Private sector companies have the highest intention to hire in the next three months, with 54 percent of large local companies, 52 percent of multinational companies and 51 percent of other private sector companies, ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ hiring, said the news portal.

Looking at future hiring expectations, nearly 70 percent of employers in the UAE claim that they intend to hire in a year’s time.

Private-sector companies continue to have the highest hiring intentions in a year’s time, with 69 percent of large local companies, 69 percent of other private sector companies, and 68 percent of multinational companies saying that they will be ‘definitely hiring’ or ‘probably hiring’, the report pointed out.

“The hiring forecast in the UAE is looking promising, with 69 percent of UAE employers planning to hire in a year’s time and more than half planning to hire within three months,” Suhail Masri, VP of Employer Solutions at Bayt.com, reportedly said. “It is also worth mentioning that 39 percent of those planning to hire predict having at least five vacancies to fill this year.”

Another survey by the London Business School (LBS) also reportedly revealed that 77 percent of regional business executives believe that incubating national talent contributes to economic diversification strategies in the Middle East.

The survey highlights Emiratisation and other GCC nationalisation policies as key factors enabling diversification and growth in the economy.

“The UAE has enjoyed an influx of world-class talent over the past decade particularly in the private sector, and this is set to continue ahead of Expo 2020. This influx allows locals to have further opportunities to grow across sectors and industries that collectively benefit the country over the long term,” Khaleej Times quoted Nouf Al Khalifa, director of External Relations Middle East, LBS Dubai Centre, as saying.

 

(Source: FilipinoTimes.ae)

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