Consumer Confidence is up in the UAE for first time in a year, latest Bayt.com and YouGovSiraj Index reveals   44% of total respondents also believe business conditions will improve in a year’s time, while 28% believe more jobs will be available   UAE consumers feel the region’s economic pressures may be lifting, with the first recorded upward shift in consumer confidence... [read more]

Bayt.com has found that more than half of the region’s professionals, 52%, have changed their behaviour or attitudes towards their work as a result of the current economic downturn, and the ongoing concerns that employees have in terms of job security. Added job responsibilities mean that 32% of professionals are working harder, while fear of losing their job is prompting a fifth to... [read more]

Bayt.com celebrated victory yesterday, having been awarded the ‘Company of the Year’ award at the TECOM Investments Pearl Awards, which recognizes the achievements of TECOM business partners across various categories. Satisfying the judges’ criteria of innovation, adaptation to the UAE market, overall performance, investment in people and contributions to the UAE economy, Bayt.com staved... [read more]

Enabling and encouraging temporary work contracts is the best response to the global economic downturn, the results of a recent poll conducted by Bayt.com, have revealed. With increasing job losses and labor market insecurities being widespread across the region, 59% of professionals across a wide spectrum of industries and jobs have confirmed this statement while almost a third -... [read more]

Concerns about the current job situation prevail around the Middle East with 65% of the region’s professionals worrying about job security, according to a recent poll of more than 10,000 professionals by the Middle East’s number one job site - Bayt.com, in conjunction with research specialists YouGov. Professionals in the UAE are the most concerned about the job situation with 74%... [read more]

It is well known that motivated employees are happier, more energetic, more enthusiastic, more productive, more driven and better performing than their unmotivated peers. Employers are always on the lookout for motivated employees and realize that motivation is often contagious and has positive spillover effects on the whole team. Even the most motivated of employees however, experience... [read more]

Bayt.com has found that many expatriate workers - 36% - across the Middle East see no reason to leave their country of residence during the current conditions, despite the economic crisis being widely represented as particularly damaging to expatriate communities, according to a recent series of polls carried out on professionals across the Middle East. The polls also revealed however,... [read more]

Despite the effects of the global credit crunch being widely felt in the UAE, marked by the fourth consecutive drop in consumer confidence by a record 15 points, job seekers are still optimistic for the future with 28% of respondents believing business conditions- and 25% believing the country’s economy- will improve in the next year; according to recent research conducted by the Middle... [read more]

Dear Friends, The first ever Middle East pan regional virtual job fair will be conducted by Bayt.com between March 22nd to 26th. Top employers from across the region will be taking part of this event in search of the best talents. The great thing about this event is that it’s all online and you can participate in it from home or the office, and apply to all positions that you find... [read more]

Salary satisfaction is running low across the Middle East, with just 7% of residents in KSA highly satisfied with their remuneration, according to Bayt.com’s latest salary survey. The picture around the Gulf is similarly bleak with each of the GCC countries registering the same level of dissatisfaction regarding their salary.  KSA’s employees are roughly equally divided in terms... [read more]