- Monster Employment Index shows online job posting growth at a steady pace, registering 37% growth compared to last year in the Middle East.
- Banking and Finance sector and IT and Telecom/ISP chart the steepest year-on-year growth in addition to leading this month’s charts.
- Oil and Gas sector at risk of going into a hiring freeze; online hiring activity drops 7% for the region and 16% for the UAE market, as compared to the same period last year.
- Consumer Goods/ FMCG, Food & Packaged Food, Home Appliance, Garments/ Textiles/ Leather, Gems & Jewellery registers the most notable drop in online recruitment activity.
- UAE records the steepest year on year growth in online opportunities, followed by Qatar.
