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Tribune News Network
Doha
The latest Middle East Job Index Survey, compiled by the leading job site Bayt.com and research and consulting group YouGov, has revealed that many employers are planning to hire soon within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
In Qatar in particular, more than six in 10 employers (65%) are planning to hire in the year ahead.
More than half of Qatari employers (55%) said that they are 'definitely' or 'probably' going to hire within the next three months. Among these companies, over a third (37%) are going to hire for 'junior executive' roles, followed by 28 percent who intend to hire a 'coordinator', and 24 percent who intend to hire an 'executive' and a 'senior executive'. Most respondents in Qatar (17%) also said they are looking to hire 'civil engineers' and 'executive assistants', while 15 percent said they want to hire other categories of 'engineers'.
Looking at future hiring expectations, 65 percent of employers in Qatar are planning 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'.
From those surveyed, 72 percent of respondents in Qatar claim that their companies have hired new employees in the past 12 months.
In terms of academic qualification, a large number of Qatari employers are looking for engineering graduates or post graduates (37%), followed by business management (25%), commerce (15%), hospitality (15%) and administrative qualifications (15%), says the survey.
