Bayt.com’s history is full of incredible stories. The story starts in 2000, when a group of friends in their twenties decided to do something about the unemployment situation in the Middle East. With this, Bayt.com was born. Since then, millions and millions of stories have fueled our progress: the stories of the people who built Bayt.com, and the stories of the people who used it. 2015 marks Bayt.com’s 15th anniversary. That’s a big milestone that we’re very proud of. With so many people sharing their wonderful stories as a part of our #WhatsYourStory initiative, we thought it’s only fair to share some highlights from our own journey. After all, it is these stories – both big and small – that have cemented Bayt.com’s position as the leading career site in the Middle East.
The place is the Middle East, a region famous for its challenging political and economic landscape, and only two million internet users. The mission seems impossible: to empower people with the tools and information they need to build the lifestyle they want for themselves. Being up for the challenge, we decide to start Bayt.com, a job site.
Our hard work pays off. In the first ten weeks since our public release, over 15,000 people choose to register, and we are growing really fast.
Being adamant about building a site from the Middle East, for the Middle East, we successful manage to launch the Arabic version of Bayt.com.
Expansion time. We open three offices: Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Eastern Province.
Hello, Kuwait!
We now have over 240,000 members and 4,800 leading organizations. THAT’S A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE! We open our first office in Jeddah.
Our CEO, Rabea Ataya, gets recognized by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and is awarded the 2002 Arabian Business “e-Entrepreneur of the Year” award.
We open our first office in Bahrain.
We notice that many people need help with their CVs, so we inaugurated CV Writing Services to help out.
Just 5 years in business and 1 MILLION MEMBERS!
Bayt.com receives the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for “Best Website in the UAE” at the 2006 UAE Web Awards.
We launch the first-ever Virtual Job Fair in the Middle East, welcoming more than 31,000 job seekers.
Our mobile site sees the light!
In an effort to boost employment in the Middle East, we introduce JobsLite, a free online job postings platform.
Bayt.com Salaries, the region’s first online salary calculator, becomes part of our product range.
We introduce Talentera, a powerful product that allows any business to have a full-fledged career site.
What a proud moment. Bayt.com is identified as one of the UAE’s top 10 companies to work for the first time in four consecutive years.
Bayt.com is completely relaunched. The reveal is in Dubai on March 13th during an action-packed, glamorous evening event at the Address Hotel Dubai Marina, Bayt.com’s new design and functionalities are entirely people-centric, built around the job site’s core values of leadership, empowerment, efficiency, flexibility, and communication.
Bayt.com is 8 MILLION members strong.
The Bayt.com app is now available for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. Here’s a list of 10 things we did in 2012.
More than one million users choose to go public on Bayt.com, by sharing their profiles. Here are 10 reasons why you should have a public profile on Bayt.com.
The launch of Bayt.com Specialties which is an online platform for professionals to exchange ideas and know-how.
Introduction of Company Profiles, which provide companies with the opportunity to brand themselves as an employer of choice. We also released People Search, a socially-enabled search tool for the public.
Bayt.com initiates a knowledge-sharing channel between academics and professionals in the Middle East with the Bayt.com Educator Program.
World Economic Forum adds us to their list of 28 global growth companies. In this blog post, we take stock of a record year on our 14th anniversary.
Bayt.com is now the leading multi-dimensional career platform in the Middle East, and we help over 22 million people improve their careers and livelihoods. 2015 was also the year we partnered with Jordanian band “Tarab 3al 7atab” and Kuwaiti brothers “Sons of Yusuf” in a regional creative campaign that celebrates passion and hard work.
