Key highlights:
- 73% of professionals in the MENA say that investment in training will increase in2015.
- 84% of employers conduct candidate reference checks before hiring.
- 61% of professionals say that there is a lack of skills in their company.
- 48% of employers say it takes between1 to3 months to fill a job vacancy in their company.
Data for the Bayt.com ‘Skills and Hiring Trends in the MENA’ poll was collected online from14 December 2014 - 14 January 2015, with 5,961 respondents from the UAE, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia, and Yemen.
