April 2014 Index Highlight
Monster Employment Index Middle East registers 20 percent between April 2013 and 2014
Online recruitment activity expanded the most in the BFSI sector between April 2013 and 2014. Consumer Goods/ FMCG, Food & Packaged Food , Home Appliance, Garments/ Textiles/ Leather, Gems & Jewellery saw the most notable annual decline
Marketing & Communications/Arts/Creative professionals saw the most notable growth in demand year-on-year
Kuwait supplanted Egypt to lead all monitored countries in long-term growth.
The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in Middle-East based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser or source, but is an aggregate measure of the change in job listings across the industry.
"The UAE witnessed a 26% year-on-year growth when it came to occupations in Purchase/ Logistics/ Supply Chain along with the strongest growing industries being Healthcare and BFSI, both showing a 21% year-on-year. Thanks largely to their long-term ambitions and the demand the sectors are experiencing. On the other hand in KSA hospitality sector saw a 21% year-on-year strong growth with Sales and BD exhibiting a 23% year-on-year occupational growth." added Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com (India/Middle East/South East Asia).
"And as we can see with the majority of the GCC countries, the Oil and Gas recorded the most notable decline which could be reflective of the challenging economic conditions in other countries. However the overall MEI continued to chart progressive expansion in recruitment opportunities online when compared to the previous year" added Modi.
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