Employment In The Middle East – Statistics and Trends

Employment In The Middle East Statistics and Trends 19% The MENA region saw the highest unemployment rate in the world About 3 in 5 across GCC countries consider their governments to be very favorable employers. Public Job Public Job Public Job Private Job Private Job Employee Demographics By Age 50% 18-29 years old 33% 30-39 years old 12% 40-49 years old 5% 50+ years old Employee Demographics By Work Status 73% 6% 2% 19% Full-time Part-time Part-time (30 or more hours) (8 to 29 hours) (less than 8 hours) Unemployed 26% of employees say they have been working for 1 to 2 years with the current employer Years Of Service In The Same Job Less than 1 year 20% 1 year 10% 2 years 16% 3 years 12% 4 - 7 years 27% 8 years or more 15% On average, most of the repondents have held 2 jobs over the last 5 years 27% 36% 1 job 2 jobs 22% 6% 3 jobs 4 jobs 3% 3% 5 jobs 5+ jobs Professionals with jobs in MENA prefer a "100% fixed pay structure" 53% 40% 7% 100% fixed Mix of fixed 100% variable pay structure and variable pay structure structures MENA employees feel that their salaries are lower than those paid by other firms in the same industry 34% 66% High Salary Low Salary Preferred Industries For Employment 35% Banking / Finance 22% Consumer Goods 32% 21% Construction Advertising 20% Tourism/ Hospitality 31% Telecommunication 28% Oil, Gas and 20% Electronics Petrochemicals 25% 18% IT Business Consultancy Most Common Reasons For Switching Industries 39% 35% 27% 27% Better job security Better salaries Better career Lack of growth recognition 18% 14% 14% 12% Flexible timings Better work Better work-life Lower culture unemployment risks balance maintenance The UAE public sector enjoys twice as many holidays as the private sector Public Private 90% of the 225,000 Emiratis workforce are employed in the public sector Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Public Job Private Job Emiratis account for only 20,000 of the 4 million workers in the private sector Current Hiring Expectancy by Country 65% 63% 60% 57% Saudi Arabia Qatar Kuwait UAE 56% 52% 52% 50% Oman Jordan Egypt Lebanon 46% 38% Syria Bahrain Compiled & Designed by GO-Gulf.com web technologies Source Links http://gulfbusiness.corm/2013/08/mena-unemployment-rate-hit-19-in-2012-highest-in-the-world/#.Uo9n3a7Ui4A http://www.bayt.com/en/research-report-17122/ http://blog.bayt.com/2012/12/revealed-the-most-attractive-industries-in-mena-for-2012/ http://www.bayt.com/en/press-release-article-15242/ http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method-home.regcon&contentid-20130820177538 http://www.bayt.com/en/press-release-article-17942/ http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/uae-public-sector-gets-double-the-holidays-of-private-sector-1.1257039 http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/emiratis-urged-to-seek-work-in-private-sector http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/year-of-emiratisation-low-private- sector-pay-and-long-hours-remain-obstacle