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- December 8, 2020
- 33,962 views
The sharp drop in hiring activity resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many professionals in the Gulf to switch careers. ...Read more
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- June 16, 2020
- 48,086 views
Hiring activity by employers in the UAE plunged 50% due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but has partly recovered following the recent easing of the loc ...Read more
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- March 5, 2019
- 59,604 views
UAE employers are planning a net expansion in headcount during 2019, with an increasing share of the new jobs being filled by Asian professionals ...Read more
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- June 23, 2018
- 22,001 views
The employment landscape in Saudi Arabia will be transformed by the historic start to women’s driving which is about to take effect. ...Read more
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- March 18, 2018
- 29,560 views
The Gulf job market is set to grow at an average rate of 9% this year, according to research conducted by GulfTalent. ...Read more
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- June 13, 2017
- 20,525 views
Businesses across the UAE are scrambling to hire new talent for their rapidly changing IT needs, brought about by the consumer shift to mobile, evol ...Read more
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- January 31, 2017
- 44,234 views
Following a year of massive redundancies caused by the collapse in oil prices, the Gulf region is finally set to witness a stabilisation in job cuts ...Read more
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- July 19, 2016
- 44,680 views
Professional training courses delivered online are rapidly increasing in popularity across the Middle East, but the supply of suitable courses is fa ...Read more
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- April 12, 2016
- 43,475 views
One in four Middle East professionals plan to take a postgraduate degree in the next two years, many of them driven by a desire to improve their car ...Read more
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- March 27, 2016
- 4,799 views
Like a consumer brand, building a company brand as an employer of choice often takes hard work and investment over many years if not decades. ...Read more
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- September 16, 2015
- 111,760 views
Construction companies across the Gulf region continue to seek talent for their projects, according to a panel of company directors from the constru ...Read more
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- June 15, 2015
- 22,055 views
In a high-profile gathering of senior executives held today in Dubai, a leading panel of experts debated the key challenges faced by companies in at ...Read more
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- April 19, 2010
- 109,116 views
Expatriates are more likely to secure a new job in Saudi Arabia than in any other country in the GCC, according to the latest employment data releas ...Read more
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- July 9, 2009
- 43,383 views
The economic downturn has slowed recruitment activity in the GCC region significantly, with Dubai in particular seeing a fall in the number of vacan ...Read more
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- December 9, 2006
- 25,834 views
Despite high inflation and the lowest savings rate in the region, the UAE remains the most popular Gulf destination for expatriates, according to th ...Read more
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- October 9, 2006
- 10,811 views
The Gulf's construction sector continues its rapid growth but is facing severe staffing challenges as too many companies compete for a limited supp ...Read more
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- February 8, 2006
- 8,424 views
The rapid growth experienced by the Gulf's banking and financial services companies is fuelling a regional employment boom in the sector, according ...Read more
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- March 9, 2005
- 22,386 views
The survey found that while rents this year were on average 26% higher than the previous year, average salaries had only risen by 1.5% in the same p ...Read more
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- January 9, 2005
- 17,440 views
GulfTalent's research focused on the supply and demand for lawyers in the main countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The results showed that term ...Read more