Bayt job index_0113

January 2013

Bayt.com Middle East Job Index

To gauge perceptions of job availability and hiring.

To identify trends in the Middle East Job market.

To provide an understanding of the required key skill sets and qualifications.

Objective

The indices which concentrate on measuring Job market are the :

Jobs Index (JI)

Hiring Expectancy Index(HEI)

It aims to measure the potential opportunities that are present in the market.

The Jobs Index is composed of the following two questions:

Will you be hiring in the next 3 months either for your organization or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant?

With regard to your future expectations, do you think you will be hiring in a year’s time from now either for your organization or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant? – this question measures the HEI.

Calculation of Indices and Benchmarking

The index is calculated according to the following formula:

Index Value = (Current period value / Base period value) * 100

Current period’s value for each question is calculated as = (((Number of optimistic answers – Number of pessimistic answers) / Achieved sample)*100) + 100

Current period values for each question are summed up to obtain current period’s value for the overall index

Current period’s value calculated for October 2009 would be fixed as the base period value

The base period of the index is set as October 2009 and the value of the index at this period is 100

The index has a point of scale ranging from 0 to 200

The JI is calculated from questions 1 and 2

The HEI is calculated using only the second question

JI and HEI would be calculated separately for each country

Calculation of Indices and Benchmarking

Age and Gender:

Adult males and females

Aged 18 plus years

Country of Residence

GCC: UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman*, Qatar, Bahrain*

Levant: Lebanon, Syria*, Jordan

North Africa: Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

Subcontinent: Pakistan*

*low sample for current wave

Methodology:

Online data collection was done between the 21st of December, 2012 and the 31st of January, 2013. Out of the total sample of 4,697 respondents, the number of working respondents was 4,349. The results are reported on a base of 4,349 respondents.

Demographic Background & Methodology

Current hiring expectancy slightly better compared to the past wave with 30% of respondents claiming they will ‘definitely hire’ in the next 3 months. Another 27% are slightly uncertain about their plans sand say they would ‘probably hire’. Respondents from KSA and Lebanon are more likely to hire than others.

Future hiring is constant with 67% being positive of hiring in the next 12 months. Of these 30% to ‘definitely hire’ and 37% to ‘probably hire’. KSA shows greater likelihood of hiring in the next 12 months.

Overall the Private Sector (Multi-national Companies) are more likely to hire in the next 3 months (62%) and in the coming 12 months followed by Private sector- Large local companies.

46% of all those indicating they would hire in the next 3 months report they will look to hire for less than 5 positions. Another 23% say they would hire for 6-10 positions.

Trend continues from past waves as organizations claim to be on the lookout for people to fill in lower executive positions like Junior Executive (34%) and Executive (29%).

Companies are on the lookout for people who are Business Graduates/ Post Graduates (24%) and Engineering Graduation/Post Graduation (22%).

Summary

Apart from qualifications, the key skill sets that are most sought for in candidates are: Good Communication Skills-Arabic & English (56%), ability to perform as a Team player (48%), possessing Leadership skills (44%) and being trustworthy/ Honest (41%).

UAE and KSA are regarded as the most attractive job markets by recruiters.

At the Industry level, Banking and finance (33%), and Telecommunications (33%) take the lead in terms of attractiveness, followed by Construction (32%) and Oil, gas and petrochemicals (27%).

Summary

Respondent Profile

Base: Total Sample – N= 4,697


Respondent Profile – Personal



Respondent Profile

Base periodValue for:

Total Algeria Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Morocco Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia UAE

Achieved Sample size

5999 256 38 1187 299 157 97 117 54 374 190 722 78 94 591

HE 140 136 145 137 139 144 145 129 119 141 148 147 123 136 140

Current period value for Hiring Expectancy by Country, August 2012




4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

HE 142 146 145 135 143 144 141 141 146 139 140 153 128 142 142

Current period value for Hiring Expectancy by Country, January 2013

Past and Current Period ValuesCurrent Hiring + Hiring Expectancy




5999

256 38 1187 299 157 97 117 54 374 190 722 78 94 591

Current Hiring + Future

Expectancy

269 259 279 259 264 274 265 256 245 275 292 286 226 267 267

Current period value for Jobs Index by Country, August 2012




4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Current Hiring + Future

Expectancy

276 290 278 260 278 278 278 269 287 273 273 299 241 263 274

Current period value for Jobs Index by Country, January 2013

Indices

Hiring Expectancy Index




5999 256 38 1187 299 157 97 117 54 374 190 722 78 94 591

HEI 88.2 80.2 91.9 84.5 86.5 88.6 81.7 90.6 78.3 96.6 99.8 89.9 69.8 90.6 89.9

Hiring Expectancy Indices – August 2012




4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

HEI 97.5 95.6 99.3 93.8 98.9 98.1 96.0 99.8 90.3 100.8 97.5 99.2 86.9 97.8 100.5

Hiring Expectancy Indices – January 2013

Past and Current Period ValuesJob Index




5999 256 38 1187 299 157 97 117 54 374 190 722 78 94 591

JI 97.8 89.9 108.1 95.5 97.8 98.6 92.5 98.6 82.3 101.4 106.2 98.1 81.2 96.1 101.0

Jobs Indices – August 2012




4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

JI 100.2 100.6 107.9 95.9 102.8 100.0 97.0 103.4 96.2 100.6 99.4 102.8 86.6 94.7 103.8

Jobs Indices – August 2012

Report

Base: Those Working – N= 4,349 Base: Those Working– N= 4,349

Hiring Expectancy – Overall

Will you be hiring in the next 3 months either for your organisation or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant?

Base: Those Working– N= 4,349

Current Hiring Expectancy – By Country

With regard to your future expectations, do you think you will be hiring in a year’s time from now either for your organisation or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant?

Base: Those Working– N=4,349

Future Hiring Expectancy – By Country

Will you be hiring in the next 3 months either for your organisation or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant?


Current Hiring Expectancy – By Sector

With regard to your future expectations, do you think you will be hiring in a year’s time from now either for your organisation or for your clients if you are in the recruitment field or an HR consultant?


Future Hiring Expectancy – By Sector

1. Please indicate the approximate number of jobs you would be hiring for in the next 3 months2. Which of the following career levels/positions would you be hiring for in the next 3 months?

Base: Those hiring in next 3 months– N= 2,474

Base: Those hiring in next 3 months– N= 2,474

Availability of Jobs & Required Positions

No. of

JobsTotal

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt Jordan KuwaitLebano

nMorocc

oOman

Pakistan

QatarSaudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: Those Hiring in 3 months

2474 121 18 522 134 79 60 63 32 79 74 485 29 55 285

Less than 5 jobs

46 41 39 48 57 54 52 48 56 39 45 44 41 55 40

6 – 10 jobs 23 25 33 20 20 20 20 29 19 28 27 24 24 16 27

11 – 20 jobs 7 4 11 7 5 9 3 3 6 10 7 8 7 2 8

21 to 50 jobs 4 3 11 3 4 4 5 3 6 4 4 5 3 13 6

51 to 100 jobs 2 1 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 3 4 4

More than 100

jobs4 5 0 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 2 4

Please indicate the approximate number of jobs you would be hiring for in the next 3 months

Availability of Jobs – By Country

What are the educational and academic qualifications you emphasize on nowadays when looking for suitable candidates?


Qualifications

Qualification

TotalAlger

iaBahrai

nEgypt Jordan Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakista

nQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Business Management

Graduation/Post Graduation

24 26 30 18 20 28 33 27 17 34 17 26 26 22 24

Commerce Graduation/Post

Graduation22 23 23 27 12 26 13 23 13 28 18 24 18 18 21

Engineering Graduation/Post

Graduation22 24 23 19 14 22 18 11 25 20 26 24 23 26 29

Computer Science

Qualifications19 28 17 21 21 14 14 20 15 22 11 19 29 22 12

Administrative Qualifications 19 24 23 14 22 19 21 14 9 20 15 21 34 21 19

Information Technology

Graduation/Post Graduation

14 16 3 10 11 16 14 20 11 22 6 15 15 16 11


Qualifications – By Country 1/2

Qualification

TotalAlgeri

aBahra

inEgyp

tJorda

nKuwa

itLebano

nMorocc

oOman

Pakistan

QatarSaudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Science Graduation/Post

Graduation11 21 7 9 7 15 8 11 15 20 7 8 11 16 11

Electronics/Electrical

Qualifications9 13 13 8 7 7 8 12 13 13 6 10 8 17 9

Teaching Qualifications 7 6 17 5 7 6 7 12 2 9 6 5 5 15 6

Law Qualifications 6 15 7 8 3 7 5 6 6 7 6 4 11 6 4

Arts Graduation/Post

Graduation6 4 3 6 2 7 4 4 6 15 6 4 3 6 8

Hospitality Qualifications 5 2 0 6 4 5 8 8 4 6 6 3 5 6 9


Qualifications – By Country 2/2

1. Which of the following requirements / factors do you MOST look for in a candidate? 2. What experience are you ideally looking for?


Skills & Experience

Which of the following requirements / factors do you MOST look for in a candidate?

Skills TotalAlgeri

aBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakista

nQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Good communication skills –

Arabic & English

56 27 50 67 70 71 46 27 62 14 50 73 71 19 56

Team player -

Cooperative /

helpful / flexible

48 36 37 52 49 49 53 37 47 51 37 51 54 31 47

Good leadership

skills44 30 47 43 41 50 41 23 42 62 39 45 58 28 46

Trustworthy / Honest 41 43 30 42 46 43 40 35 34 42 31 39 57 34 37

Overall personality

and demeanour

40 44 27 49 47 39 29 31 43 27 28 43 48 37 35

Skills – By Country 1/2

Which of the following requirements / factors do you MOST look for in a candidate?

Skills TotalAlgeri

aBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakista

nQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Ability to work under

pressure

39 28 43 42 37 40 44 22 34 45 39 39 43 21 42

Good negotiatio

n skills39 33 37 40 39 44 41 32 40 50 33 38 43 32 36

Efficient / productive 39 29 33 43 42 42 35 35 26 38 33 39 49 37 36

Passionate / desire to

make a difference

38 38 13 46 44 36 37 35 32 29 23 42 45 41 29

Good personal grooming

38 30 17 48 40 39 31 23 40 41 33 40 31 24 31

Skills – By Country 2/2

Experience

TotalAlgeri

aBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakist

anQatar

Saudi Arabia

SyriaTunisi

aUAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Managerial – ability to manage a

team

40 40 40 36 38 41 43 44 45 57 34 39 42 20 39

Computer skills 30 34 27 31 29 32 20 31 26 41 29 29 29 28 27

Sales and Marketing 28 22 27 31 24 35 31 33 32 24 23 30 25 22 27

Administrative 23 28 27 19 21 24 18 20 23 42 22 23 22 22 24

Mid level experience

(3 to 7 years)

23 16 17 21 22 28 19 15 19 27 21 27 18 11 27

What experience are you ideally looking for?

Experience – By Country 1/2

Experience

Total AlgeriaBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakist

anQatar

Saudi Arabia

SyriaTunisi

aUAE

Base: 4349 203 30 1043 228 130 95 124 53 143 140 720 65 109 503

Engineering 22 27 23 19 13 17 18 10 40 22 26 22 23 24 27

Senior level experience

(7 to 10 years)

17 18 27 13 13 21 14 10 6 21 20 18 20 11 21

Public speaking/Giv

ing Presentation

s

16 20 7 21 12 20 15 10 19 23 11 16 25 7 10

Junior level experience (less than 3

years)

13 12 17 17 14 14 15 17 8 13 11 13 6 14 12

Very Senior level

experience, Department

Head or Director

(More than 10 years)

12 11 17 11 11 12 12 13 9 8 10 12 18 6 12

What experience are you ideally looking for?

Experience – By Country 2/2

1. How attractive is your country of residence as a job market in comparison to other Middle East countries?2. How attractive is your industry as a potential employer in comparison to other businesses?

Base: Those Working– N=4,349

Country & Industry Attractiveness – Overall

How attractive is your country of residence as a job market in comparison to other Middle East countries?

No. of Jobs

TotalAlgeri

aBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakist

anQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base 4697 227 31 1130 257 137 104 160 59 151 144 742 73 133 534

Much more

attractive

26 14 19 18 12 27 20 28 31 16 47 43 15 9 54

Slightly more

attractive

12 10 19 8 9 21 12 7 17 7 13 20 4 10 16

Equally attractiv

e 14 15 29 11 12 25 13 10 22 16 15 14 8 17 12

Slightly less

attractive

18 23 16 26 30 17 19 18 15 26 8 8 18 25 6

Much less

attractive

17 18 13 23 25 4 25 19 3 26 6 5 36 20 5

Don’t know/can

’t say12 20 3 14 12 7 11 19 12 9 11 10 19 20 8

Country Attractiveness

Which industries would you say are attracting / retaining the top talent in your country of residence today?


Most Attractive Industries


No. of Jobs

Total AlgeriaBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakist

anQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: All 4697 227 31 1130 257 137 104 160 59 151 144 742 73 133 534

Banking / Finance 33 23 45 32 38 40 50 26 29 44 31 34 34 24 35

Telecommunications 33 32 10 41 34 27 22 31 19 34 17 35 36 37 24

Construction 32 44 32 26 22 31 38 34 32 28 47 40 36 23 33

Oil, Gas & Petrochemic

als27 39 32 26 7 38 7 8 32 25 40 30 12 14 35

Consumer Goods 23 30 13 26 23 27 26 24 17 24 17 24 21 24 17

Most Attractive Industries – By Country


No. of Jobs

Total AlgeriaBahrai


Lebanon

Morocco

OmanPakist

anQatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria Tunisia UAE

Base: All 4697 227 31 1130 257 137 104 160 59 151 144 742 73 133 534

IT 22 22 23 17 22 17 24 26 8 34 17 22 30 22 20

Tourism / Hospitality 22 22 3 25 20 15 28 33 17 9 17 13 27 32 28

Electronics 21 25 10 26 20 27 23 23 19 15 16 23 25 21 17

Advertising 20 15 19 25 21 23 42 26 17 25 15 16 16 15 19

Medical / Health

Services17 18 3 15 21 23 19 8 19 13 19 22 19 22 15

Most Attractive Industries – By Country 2/2

Thank you

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