The region’s labour market will continue gaining momentum throughout 2025 as employers seek to overcome skill shortages
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UAE jobs: Do you really need a university degree to secure a high-paying role? Experts weigh in
UAE job market shakes up traditional hiring norms – but at what cost?
Employees
UAE jobs: Dealing with a toxic workplace? Here are 5 steps you can take, according to experts
Toxic workplace environments can negatively impact employees’ mental and physical health, so effective communication from leadership is key, and if issues persist, documentation and exploring other job options may be necessary, experts say
Employees
UAE Gen Z ‘difficult to work with’: Here’s how employers can retain them
UAE companies can retain Gen Z talent by understanding their unique needs, providing development opportunities, leveraging modern tools, offering customised benefits, promoting work-life balance, and giving timely feedback, experts said
Employee engagement
How to manage the Middle East’s diverse and dynamic workforces
With so many demographic groups represented it’s hard to identify a single persona or typical ‘worker’ in the region
conscious quitting
‘Conscious quitting’ is the new buzzword among millennial and Gen Z employees
Nearly half the employees – 51% in the US and 45% in UK – interviewed for the research said they would consider leaving the employer whose values are not a match for theirs
Employee engagement
Who you fire is more important than who you hire
When it comes to building a successful business, I have learned to focus on people
Employee Value Proposition
Winning the war for talent in the GCC
Employers need to protect and attract talent if they are to thrive in the GCC
Employers
Personality tests can’t be relied on for recruitment
With so much discussion right now about attracting and retaining talent, the pressure is on to make sound selections
Employee engagement
How to turn quiet quitting into loud ambition
If employers want to get back the spark of office camaraderie that used to make their brand attractive, they must strive for a world class employee experience
Employees
UAE employers offer bonuses and promotions instead of salary increases in 2023
UAE companies could see high turnover of staff as employees look for better pay and opportunities
Employees
Revealed: The world’s biggest employers 2022
Walmart and Amazon had previously topped the charts with the most number of employees, however, there is a new leading employer this year
Cyber criminals
UAE, Saudi offices ‘at risk’ due to cybersecurity negligence from hybrid working
Fueled by the adoption of hybrid work, the report said, “many employees are responsible for creating data loss challenges for their organisation”
Employees
Netherlands is making work from home a legal right
The Dutch lower house already approved the bill, but it still needs a nod from the senate before its final adoptio
employee wellbeing
Pay rises, flexible work environments, trust, and transparency top employee demands in 2022: survey
Middle East employees also prioritise upskilling opportunities, promotions, diversity and inclusion, and wellbeing at work, according to the PwC Middle East Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022
Anthony Tattersall
UAE tops global list of more than 100 countries for overall business skills proficiency
The UAE has 642,000 Coursera learners with a median age of 34 years. Of them, 42 percent are women, and 44 percent are pursuing learning on mobile devices
business opportunities
Golden Visa rules have changed the UAE’s talent supply and demand equation
Ayman Kattan, the chief people officer at Bayzat, shares how the new long-term visa and UAE entry permit rules create opportunities for the agile, but pose a threat for firms that don’t invest in talent development