Most jobs in Middle East: Education, engineering....

Education, engineering, construction and real estate were the best performing sectors last month in the Middle East. According to Monster Employment Index Middle East, the job market witnessed growth with an 8 per cent rise on an annual basis.

“The Monster Employment Index is reflective of the positive growth due to mild recovery of the global economic scenario foreseen in the second half of 2013,” says Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com (India/ Middle- East/ South East Asia).

Online opportunities exceeded September’12 levels in five of the 13 industry sectors monitored by the index. Education (up 28 per cent) led all sectors followed by engineering, construction and real estate (up 25 per cent).

Production/manufacturing, automotive and ancillary (down 19 per cent) registered the steepest annual decline.

Ten of 11 occupation groups registered improved online demand over the year. Marketing & communications/arts/creative (up 27 per cent) led all occupational groups in year-over-year growth. Customer service, on the other hand, (down 16 per cent) professionals registered the weakest long-term trend and was the only occupational group to have registered an annual decline.

Geographically, online opportunities exceeded September’12 level in six of the seven countries monitored by the Index. KSA (up 20 per cent) followed by Qatar (up 16 per cent) led all countries in year-over-year growth. UAE (down 14 per cent) registered the steepest decline over the past 12 months.


 

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