Best Cities to Work in the Middle East

As our Bayt.com community already knows, every month for many years now we have conducted a regional MENA HR survey and the results of these surveys have been made available for FREE to all our HR practitioners, Employers and Professionals/Jobseekers.

This month we released the much anticipated Best Cities to Work in the Middle East and North Africa study and the results have been eye-opening to say the least. How did we rank these cities? We looked at the following factors:-

1. Economic factors (which included Availability of Jobs, Competitive Salaries, Benefits for working parents, Availability of affordable housing and Reasonably priced day to day amenities
2. Labour Rights (which included End of Service Benefits, Termination Rights, Vacation Allowances, Parenthood Allowances and Wage protection System)
3. Environmental Factors (which included Clean Streets/ Roads, Comfortable Weather, Clean air (Little pollution) and Clean Water)
4. Everyday Life Factors (which included Availability of parks/ community gardens, Availability of health care facilities, Quality of available health care facilities, Water/ Electricity/ Sewage systems, Accessible public transportation system, Quality of accessible public transportation system, Availability of wide range of entertainment avenues, Availability of schools, Quality of available schools, Availability of colleges/universities, Quality of colleges/universities)
5. Socio-cultural Factors (which include Equal treatment of both genders, Fair treatment to all nationalities, Stable political environment, Low crime rates, Effective law enforcement and Freedom of expression)

If you’re wondering which MENA cities won the Top Ten City spots and how they ranked you can read the full report here. Moreover, you can see how your own city or potential future work destination ranks along any of the aforementioned dimensions vis-à-vis other cities in the region.

Interested in good quality schooling in the MENA region? Read which city fares best! Quality healthcare a must? See where in the MENA healthcare standards are most well-regarded.

Going green? View the MENA city ratings by each of the environmental factors. Simply interested in moving somewhere where you can enjoy a good quality of life with family, dogs, stamp collection and vintage aston martin without compromising on salary and perks?

Also easy to determine from our city rankings! Once again this promises to be a landmark Bayt.com MENA study and of huge value to our stakeholders across the region as well as professionals looking to move to the MENA for the first time. For those whose city didn’t make it to the top leagues along your favorite dimensions don’t worry; in this fast-paced, fast-growth region, there is plenty of time to edge upwards ahead of the 2011 survey!