Bayt.com, the Middle East's #1 job site, is at it again! What has been one of the primary propellers of Bayt.com's phenomenal success story to date? Beyond the pioneering technologies, world-class product development activities and leading databases, it has simply been the fact that the company has consistently been able to very quickly learn from and build on its successes to engineer even larger and more impactful future successes! The Virtual Job Fair Bayt.com is currently holding for the KSA jobs market is a case in point.
Following the unprecedented and well publicized successes of Bayt.com's Virtual Job Fairs in the UAE (the first ever Virtual Job Fair in the Middle East) and Jordan, Bayt.com is currently conducting its 3rd Virtual Job Fair in a row this year, in KSA this time, between November 22 and November 26. Why a Virtual Job Fair? Because Bayt.com is unequivocally married to and committed to the region at large and the most fundamental tenet of the company's unwavering commitment is its constant endeavor to most effectively and efficiently connect qualified job seekers with top employers in order to exchange valuable information for recruitment purposes and seek an optimal fit.
The Virtual Job Fair with its fast, easy and effective conduit for such conversations and explorations is precisely the right kind of innovation the region could make use of in the pinched credit and labor markets of today! Why KSA? Bayt.com's recent polls reveal that KSA is one of the preferred places to work for professionals in the Middle East (33.9% of professionals from a global professional pool indicated it was their preferred place to work in the ME), closely following the UAE which secured 35.7% of the vote and led the pack.
The KSA is especially alluring as it has traditionally allowed professionals to save a bit more of their monthly income compared to other countries across the region and has historically continued to accommodate a ''hardship premium'' in salaries even as the country's infrastructure has grown to world-class standards and nearby countries like the UAE have ceased to price in any such allowances. The Bayt.com Salary Survey released early in 2008, shows that almost 20% of working professionals in the KSA save more than 21% of their monthly income, ranks the country in the 3rd place regionally in terms of savings right after Oman (where 36% of respondents save more than 21% of their income) and Bahrain (where 35% of respondents save more than 21% of their income).
KSA not only offers quality of work, it also is increasingly perceived to offer an attractive and stable quality of life. Bayt.com's recent Top Industries survey, available on www.bayt.com indicates which industries are most in demand in the KSA market and which are perceived to offer the best salaries and best work-life balance. Many of KSA's top employers are taking part in the Bayt.com VJF including the event's main sponsor Rawabi Holding Company and Okaz (main media partner), Mobily, Baud, Emirates Group, Alamiah Institute, PetroRabigh, Saudi Bin Laden, Ez el Sahra Holding, Savola Foods, Al Sawani Group, BETCO, GACA, Jida Design, Maersk Line, Samako, Telecom Special Services, etc… and the VJF has proved extremely exciting and dynamic so far.
Jobseeker response to date has been outstanding from Jobseekers both in the KSA and those wishing to move to the KSA from abroad and the Bayt.com VJF team has indicated they are positive that this third innovative Fair they are hosting (FREE to jobseekers who can access it only on www.bayt.com this week from any computer) will achieve their primary goal of maximizing employers ROI and providing both Jobseekers and Employers with the fastest, easiest and most effective ways to find top jobs and top talents, respectively!
