The region’s labour market will continue gaining momentum throughout 2025 as employers seek to overcome skill shortages
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c-suite executives
Revealed: UAE, Saudi Arabia companies attract top talents with lucrative packages amid expansion
Senior corporate leaders also seek added amenities for better lifestyle for themselves and their families to relocating to the region
Apple
Apple runs on a lonely track amid large-scale employee firings by tech giants
The Cupertino-based tech major is still hiring, though selectively, even as Dell joined the growing list of technology companies, announcing on Monday eliminating as many 6,650 jobs
c-suite executives
GCC offers big bonuses to CEOs from West to move as region puts aggressive expansion plans in place
Corporate bosses from the West are being chased for heading new business initiatives, to bring in directional changes of family-owned businesses or to turnaround existing businesses in the GCC region
c-suite executives
Top European and Russian bosses take up jobs in GCC as recession, war, bites
Alongside, Middle East-based renewable and energy sectors are also attracting leadership level talents from the West in numbers, with the ongoing COP27 in Egypt and next year’s COP28 in Abu Dhabi acting as catalysts
Employee engagement
UAE businesses open new job roles within firms to retain employees, says LinkedIn study
Employees who make an internal move are more likely to stay at their organisation longer than those who stay in the same role, a new LinkedIn study revealed
Bayt.com
UAE employers to go on a hiring spree in 2023
The top roles that the employers will be hiring for in the next three months include sales executive, accountant, and administrative assistant
Hiring activity
UAE businesses to increase hiring and salaries amid talent crunch
The uptick in the economy is spurring demand for talent with employers readdressing hiring, retention and compensation strategies
Hiring activity
Let’s talk about recruitment ghosting
We don’t like to talk about this, but some corporate professionals involved with the hiring process are afraid to speak with job seekers or offer bad news, such as they won’t be advanced in the interview process
Employment in UAE
UAE job creation market soars by 42%
The UAE witnessed the highest increase in new job creation regionally during H1 2021, according to a new report by Cooper Fitch
consultancy firms
PwC Middle East reveals new strategy, with plan to create 6,000 jobs in region
Consultancy giant has also committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
consultancy firms
PwC’s New Equation: Firm looks to recruit 500 Middle East graduates annually
The firm is looking to up its take of graduates from Middle East universities as PwC says diversity among new hires isn’t something that’s “nice to have” It’s fundamental
executive recruitment
GCC companies hit growth fast lane, hiring for leadership surges
Pent-up demand and search for dynamic leaders to efficiently navigate the post-pandemic world are said to be driving demand, which has jumped 60 percent compared to last year, and 30 percent over 2019
GCC job market
GCC companies turn to talent hubs in East Africa, Europe for hiring as travel ban from India continues
Hires from Romania and Portugal, as well as from East Africa, are on the rise for certain sectors as flights from India remain suspended while the country battles a surging pandemic
cost of recruitment
UAE companies look to hire locally as travel ban from India remains in place
The shift may lead to a spike in the cost of talent acquisition for employers
high tech talents
Flight ban grounds UAE companies’ recent hires in India
The unabated Covid-19 crisis in the South Asian country has also hit major tech multinationals operating in the UAE as tech hubs in South India have been disrupted by the pandemic
GCC job market
UAE witnesses ‘wave of talent migration’ amid job market bounce back
Human resource experts now flag talent retention as the next big challenge in the recovery phase