Bayt.com Survey: Attraction and Retention of Talent in MENA

Attracting talent is an important step that employers need to remain aware of and proactively work on. To what extent companies do a good job at exciting job seekers about their culture and attracting them to apply? What tools do companies use to promote their culture to job seekers? What are the most important on-the-job attributes for MENA professionals?

Bayt.com has conducted the “Attraction and Retention of Talent in MENA” survey to highlight current trends in employee attraction, retention, and engagement from both the employee and employer perspectives.

Key Findings:

• The three top drivers of employee attraction are salary and compensation (60% of respondents), workplace environment (52%) and long-term job security (50).
• A whopping 72% of respondents in the MENA region find an employer attractive if they follow good ethics and practices.
• 67% has voted for “highlighting company’s perks and benefits” as the type of information that would most excite them to join a company.
• Career development opportunities are the most important on-the-job attribute, according to two-thirds of respondents.
• About 6 in 10 employees are happy at their current workplace and 57% would recommend their current workplace to someone looking for a job.

Data for the Attraction and Retention of Talent in MENA survey was collected online from November 17 to December 13, 2020. Results are based on a sample of 1,608 respondents from countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Sudan among others.