Survey Highlights:
- • Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy sector emerges in the top two industries for offering the optimum job security in the current economic climate, along with Government/ Civil service/ Utilities.
- • For just over a quarter of respondents, Military/ Defense/ Police/ Security is the most stressful industry to work in. Significantly more respondents in Syria believe this to be the case. More respondents in Qatar associate the Construction industry with being the most stressful.
- • About a quarter of respondents associate construction with having the longest working hours.
- • Healthcare/ Medical services/ Pharmaceuticals and Education/ Academia are seen to be the most attractive industries for the women workforce.
Respondents' profile: Data for the Bayt.com Top Industries in the Middle East and North Africa survey was collected online from18 till25 November2013, with7,370 respondents from UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
