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Employment opportunities in the Middle East

by Ray Clancy on February 22, 2013

Employment opportunities in the Middle East

In the next three months some 30% of Middle East and North Africa employers are definitely hiring while 27% say that they are probably hiring, a new survey indicates, an increase of 2% in both instances in comparison to the thirds quarter of 2012.

Across the region, multinational private sector companies will be hiring the highest number of new employees in the next three months, and will continue to be the biggest source of employment in a year’s time, says the survey by job site Bayt and YouGov research. Within the next three months, they are looking to hire predominantly at junior executive level, followed by executives and coordinators. [click to continue…]

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