After two years in operation, Bayt.com returns to Gitex as the Middle East's undisputed leader in recruitment once again. As with every year, all eyes are on Bayt, expecting the company to create the same type of non - conventional big bang it creates year after year at Gitex.
Bayt.com Year in Review:
The last12 months have seen Bayt.com continue to grow and attract more and more employers and professionals. Latest count sees Bayt's database with over260,000 jobseekers and6,200 employers utilizing Bayt as part of their recruitment strategies. This makes Bayt the single largest professional database in the region and anchors the brand as the premier online recruitment resource. Bayt's fast growth can be attributed to its superior technology, its wide-reaching partnership network, as well as its ability to cater specifically to the unique needs of employers and jobseekers in the Middle East.
Bayt's technology offers the fastest, most efficient and most comprehensive e-cruitment product in the region today. With no intermediaries, employers enter the system and immediately search, filter and select the candidate(s) that specifically match their job requirements. The entire recruitment process is streamlined allowing employers to find and hire top caliber candidates in a fraction of the time of traditional methods. Bayt similarly provides jobseekers with the single largest online source of vacancies in one place, enabling them to search for and apply to positions with the click of a button.
The success of Bayt's partnership strategy is evidenced by the fact that Bayt.com career tools are integrated into32 websites including the Middle East's top portals and corporate websites - most notably high-profile sites such as Ajeeb.com, Arabia.com, Maktoob.com, Nassej.com, What's Up Lebanon.com, and Salamiran.com. Visitors of these respective sites have immediate and exclusive access to Bayt job and candidate search tools. With these partnerships Bayt is estimated to reach over70% of the Middle East's total Internet population.
The last twelve months have also seen Bayt's comprehensive employment service enhanced in response to ever increasing employer needs. While employers have hired on Bayt in as fast as2 days, Bayt has further streamlined the recruitment process to make it even easier and faster to hire. Specifically, Bayt.com has become the first recruitment site in the region to fully integrate payment gateways online. Bayt's new design also incorporates a host of new employer features including improved candidate management tools. Additionally, an enhanced candidate search engine technology now allows employers to conduct even more specific searches by leveraging over19 filtering criteria as well as an "intelligent" search facility that assists employers to find their ideal candidates based on key words. Bayt's re-designed and improved user-friendly system enables employers, including those less familiar with the internet, more control and easier movement through the site.
With vertical growth since its launch, this year sees Bayt among the top3 most visited websites in the region averaging over12 million page views and over160,000 visitor sessions each month (itp audited data).
Bayt.com returns to Gitex, its official birthplace, with a revamped, superior set of recruitment tools for employers and an impressive track record. Each year, Bayt creates a major buzz at Gitex, and this year will be no different. As a testament to Bayt's creativity, this year's appearance at Gitex2002 will guarantee even more excitement than previous years with a host of surprises awaiting visitors.