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The Bayt.com Top Industries Surveyin the Middle East and North Africa

April 2018

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Section 1

Objectives

The research was conducted to understand respondents’ opinion of their own industry and

various other industry sectors. Key objectives included:

Understanding satisfaction levels with current industry on attributes including salary and

benefits, work-life balance, career growth, and job security.

Identify which industries are perceived to perform best on numerous attributes including

salary packages, working hours, and work-life balance.

Recognize industry switching behavior and reasons thereof.

Understand the perception of the government as an employer.

Identify industries that are seen as attracting local talent and women workforce.

Key findings

Top Industries:

• Engineering / design (8%), Banking / finance / Accounting (7%) and Real Estate / Construction / Property development (7%) are the top industries where respondents are currently working / worked most recently.

Industries seeking employment in:

• Banking / Finance / Accounting (11%) is the most popular industry, respondents are seeking employment in. Banking / Finance / Accounting (18%) and Education/ Academia (13%) are more popular in North Africa as compared to the other MENA regions.

Satisfaction with industry:

• 64% of MENA residents are satisfied with the working hours, while they seem least satisfied with the salary packages (37% claimed they are “somewhat satisfied” or “completely satisfied” with salary packages).

• GCC residents (44%) are significantly more satisfied with their salary packages as compared to Levant (33%) and North Africa residents (33%).

• GCC residents (56%) are also more satisfied with maintaining their work – life balance as compared to Levant (52%) and North Africa residents (45%).

• North Africa residents (43%) seem less satisfied with the Job security, as compared to GCC (32%) and Levant (35%) residents.

Key findings

Best salary packages:

• 42% of the respondents believe that Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy is the industry which offers the best salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits) in their country of residence. This is particularly high in Levant (45%) and GCC (44%).

Best work-life balance:

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, Government / Civil service and Banking / Finance / Accounting are the most attractive industries to work in, when it comes to maintaining a work-life balance. Education / Academia follows at 18%.

Best career growth:

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy (27%) is considered to be the industry that offers the best career growth. Fewer respondents in the North Africa (9%) believe that Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy is the industry that offers the best career growth as compared to those living in GCC (30%) and in Levant (28%).

Optimum job security:

• Military/ Defence/Police (31%) followed by Government / Civil service (26%), Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (25%) and Banking / Finance / Accounting (21%) are the top industries when it comes to job security in the current economic scenario.

Key findings

Most stressful:

• Banking / Finance / Accounting, Military / Defence / Police, Real Estate / Construction / Property development and Healthcare/medical services emerge as the most stressful industries to work in.

Longest working hours:

• 20% claim that Military / defence / police and Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals have the longest working hours. Hospitality/ Recreation/ Entertainment and Healthcare/ Medical services follow. More respondents in North Africa believe that Military/ Defence/Police/ Security services has the longest hours- particularly in Algeria and Tunisia.

Most attractive to women:

• Education / Academia (28%), followed by Healthcare / Medical services (27%) and Banking / Finance / Accounting (22%) emerge as the industries which are the most attractive to females.

Attracting highest proportion of local talent:

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (25%), followed by Banking / Finance / Accounting (21%), Government/ Civil service and Military/ Defence/ Police are the top industries in terms of attracting the highest proportion of local talents.

Key findings

Strongest growth:

• Banking / finance / Accounting, Telecommunications and Oil, Gas and petrochemicals are the industries with the strongest growth in the past year. Military and Real Estate/ Construction / Property Development follow closely.

Attracting highest proportion of fresh grads:

• Military emerges as the top industry that attracts the highest proportion of fresh grads.

Government as an employer:

• The majority of respondents (61%) believe that the government is a favorable employer, with 37% claiming that the government is an “extremely favorable” employer.

Industry change in the last 24 months:

• A fourth of working respondents have changed their industry in the last 2 years. Better salaries (39%) and better opportunities for career growth (27%) are the top reasons why respondents have changed their industry in the last 24 months.

Considering industry change:

• At almost 1 in 2 respondents consider an industry change in the next few months, while 34% are not sure. Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (14%) emerges as the most appealing industry amongst those who consider an industry change. Better salary (62%) is the top reason for considering an industry change, while better career growth follows at 40%.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Section 2

Sample Definition

Age, Gender and Target Group:

Adult males and females

Aged 18 and above

Current employees or unemployed searching for a job

Nationalities:

GCC Arabs, North Africans, Levantines, Western Expats, Asians

Country of Residence

GCC: UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain

Levant: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan

North Africa: Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

Data Collection

All data was collected online. Fieldwork was done between February 14th and March 29th 2018.

The total number of successful online interviews achieved was 3561.

RESEARCH FINDINGS

Section 3

Current/ most recent industry

Q. Which ONE of the following industries do you currently work/ did you work in most recently?

All figures are %’s

Base: Currently working or unemployed professional looking for a job (3313)

• Engineering / design (8%), Banking / finance / Accounting (7%) and Real Estate / Construction / Property development (7%) are the top industries where respondents are currently working / worked most recently.

• Focusing on region, the construction industry is more popular in the GCC region (8%) and North Africa (8%) as compared to the Levant (6%).

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Engineering/ Design

Banking / Finance / Accounting

Real Estate/ Construction/ Property Development

Education/ Academia

Advertising/ Marketing/ Public Relations

Hospitality/ Recreation/ Entertainment

Manufacturing

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail

Healthcare/ Medical services

Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

IT/ Internet/ E-commerce

Automotive

Consumer Goods/ FMCG

Electricity/ Power Generation/ Water

Human Resources

Telecommunications

Business Consultancy/ Business Management

Government/ Civil service

Other private sector: 11%Other public sector: 3%

Only industries higher than 1% (total sample) are presented

Current/ most recent industry – By country

Q. Which ONE of the following industries do you currently work/ did you work in most recently?


GCC Levant North Africa

KSA UAE Kuwait Qatar Bahrain Oman Lebanon Syria Jordan Egypt Morocco Algeria Tunisia

Base: Currently working/ Unemployed professional looking for a job

619 241 183 200 37 121 115 29 192 740 175 233 64


5 9 3 5 5 5 4 - 5 6 3 2 -

Automotive 4 2 4 1 3 3 2 7 2 3 2 2 3Banking / Finance / Accounting 9 6 11 4 16 6 6 7 10 9 7 3 6Business Consultancy/ Business

Management2 1 1 3 5 3 6 - 4 2 1 2 -


7 8 7 15 5 5 10 10 4 6 4 3 5

Consumer Goods/ FMCG 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 - 3 4 3 2 2Education/ Academia 5 2 3 4 5 6 6 10 5 6 3 17 13

Engineering/ Design 7 7 11 14 3 7 8 10 8 7 3 4 8Government/ Civil service 2 0 1 1 3 1 - - 2 2 2 5 2

Healthcare/ Medical services 5 3 3 7 - 4 3 - 5 4 4 3 3Hospitality/ Recreation/

Entertainment4 10 3 7 8 5 11 3 6 4 9 1 3

Human Resources 3 2 5 2 5 2 - - 1 2 1 2 2IT/ Internet/ E-commerce 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 - 5 3 1 2 2

Manufacturing 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 7 5 7 6 3 11Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 3 5 7 6 3 11 - - 2 3 1 6 6


2 2 2 4 3 2 3 - 1 1 6 7 5

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail 6 5 7 3 3 2 3 - 6 4 7 3 5Telecommunications 3 2 2 1 - - 2 10 1 3 - 3 -

Tourism 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 2 1 5Transport/ Travel 1 3 2 3 3 3 1 - 1 1 3 0 -


Industries seeking employment in

Q. Which of the following industries are you seeking employment in?


Base: Unemployed looking for a job (934)

• Banking / Finance / Accounting (11%) is the most popular industry, respondents are seeking employment in.

• Banking / Finance / Accounting (18%) and Education/ Academia (13%) are more popular in North Africa as compared to the other MENA regions.

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Education/ Academia

Engineering/ Design





Human Resources






Automotive


Telecommunications

Tourism

Transport/ Travel

Aerospace/ Airline/ Aviation

Military/ Defence/ Police



Satisfaction with current/ most recent industry

Q. Now thinking about the industry that you currently work in/ worked in most recently, please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following attributes:


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29

28

25

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Working hours

Work culture

Training and development

Job security

Work–life balance

Career growth

Salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits)

Completely Dissatisfied Somewhat Dissatisfied Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied Somewhat Satisfied Completely Satisfied

Base: Currently working or unemployed professional looking for a job (3113)

• 64% of MENA residents are satisfied with the working hours, while they seem least satisfied with the salary packages (37% claimed they are “somewhat satisfied” or “completely satisfied” with salary packages).

Satisfaction with current/ most recent industry – By country




Base: Working/ unemployed experienced professional

619 241 183 200 37 121 115 29 192 740 175 233 64

Salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits)

Completely Dissatisfied 22 16 17 16 19 26 20 21 32 22 29 37 39

Somewhat Dissatisfied 18 21 21 16 14 17 26 31 22 21 25 21 19

Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied

18 17 19 23 22 12 20 10 14 18 19 22 17

Somewhat Satisfied 28 32 32 33 32 33 27 24 23 33 17 16 22

Completely Satisfied 13 14 11 14 14 12 7 14 8 6 11 4 3







619 241 183 200 37 121 115 29 192 740 175 233 64

Maintaining work–life balance




17 15 12 18 14 9 20 14 22 16 17 17 28



Career growth




18 20 14 23 27 12 18 7 15 17 16 18 27









619 241 183 200 37 121 115 29 192 740 175 233 64

Job Security




18 17 17 20 24 20 20 10 14 15 15 16 19



Working hours




11 10 13 13 14 8 14 3 10 11 18 14 14









619 241 183 200 37 121 115 29 192 740 175 233 64

Work culture




19 16 16 16 14 11 18 3 18 16 17 17 20



Training and development




18 20 18 18 35 14 19 14 15 15 17 14 27




Best salary packages


Q. In your opinion, which industries offer the best salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits) in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• 42% of the respondents believe that Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy is the industry which offers the best salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits) in their country of residence. This is particularly high in Levant (45%) and GCC (44%).

• Banking/ Finance/ Accounting follows at 23% (higher in the Levant: 45%).

Base: All (3561)

42

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Telecommunications

Engineering/ Design






Pharmaceuticals

Education/ Academia


Tourism


Automotive

Manufacturing

Media/ Journalism/ Publishing

Human Resources

Law


Transport/ Travel



Best salary packages – By country


Q. In your opinion, which industries offer the best salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits) in your country of residence? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


5 6 4 2 3 5 4 - 7 5 6 2 4

Aerospace/ Airline/ Aviation 15 19 8 10 5 16 6 7 18 17 10 17 15

Automotive 4 3 7 1 3 1 4 10 5 4 8 6 6

Banking / Finance / Accounting 21 18 25 15 27 14 31 20 31 30 20 11 30


7 5 4 5 8 6 21 7 9 4 12 5 7


8 12 10 11 14 7 16 20 11 13 18 10 17

Consumer Goods/ FMCG 1 1 6 1 3 1 4 - 2 2 4 2 6

Education/ Academia 7 6 2 13 3 5 3 - 7 2 6 5 5

Engineering/ Design 8 10 10 14 5 8 10 10 12 6 10 4 15

Government/ Civil service 17 18 10 21 24 15 8 3 6 4 10 4 5

Healthcare/ Medical services 11 6 7 11 5 7 6 - 9 2 4 2 7


4 8 4 7 3 4 10 20 6 2 10 1 1

Human Resources 6 3 3 3 - 2 - 3 5 2 5 0 2

IT/ Internet/ E-commerce 10 8 6 4 8 5 5 10 8 6 6 2 20

Law 2 3 1 3 3 3 3 - 3 3 3 1 13

Manufacturing 5 2 3 1 - 3 5 7 3 4 5 6 6

Media/ Journalism/ Publishing 3 4 4 4 - 1 6 3 3 7 2 1 4

Military/ Defence/ Police 11 15 11 13 14 8 10 3 8 35 8 18 2

Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 41 36 55 49 41 56 17 23 15 49 11 64 33

Pharmaceuticals 5 4 4 1 - 2 7 13 8 7 3 7 4

Electricity/ Power Generation/ Water 9 6 4 10 5 4 2 10 9 10 8 10 9

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail 7 3 7 0 - 1 3 10 10 5 15 9 9

Telecommunications 8 8 6 4 - 9 15 17 10 8 14 13 12

Tourism 2 8 2 3 3 3 10 - 3 6 16 4 5



Best work-life balance


Q. Which industries are the most attractive to work in when it comes to maintaining a work life balance in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, Government / Civil service and Banking / Finance / Accounting are the most attractive industries to work in, when it comes to maintaining a work-life balance. Education / Academia follows at 18%.

Base: All (3561)

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11

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Education/ Academia


Telecommunications




Human Resources



Tourism

Engineering/ Design





Manufacturing

Charity/ Voluntary sector

Automotive

Pharmaceuticals



Law


Best work-life balance – By country


Q. Which industries are the most attractive to work in when it comes to maintaining a work life balance in your country of residence? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82

Advertising/ Marketing/ Public

Relations7 5 6 5 5 5 10 - 4 7 7 4 5


Agriculture/ Forestry 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 6 9 9

Automotive 4 3 3 2 5 2 7 7 6 4 7 7 7


Business Consultancy/ Business

Management7 5 6 4 5 5 16 - 7 5 3 3 7

Charity/ Voluntary sector 5 4 3 2 - 3 6 3 6 5 6 5 4

Real Estate/ Construction/

Property Development7 10 9 13 5 4 10 20 8 9 11 5 5

Consumer Goods/ FMCG 3 2 4 2 - 3 3 - 4 3 7 3 6

Domestic Services 2 3 3 2 5 2 1 - 1 2 4 3 1

Education/ Academia 19 16 13 16 8 16 16 17 27 11 20 26 32



Healthcare/ Medical services 8 9 8 10 8 11 5 7 6 4 7 8 12

Hospitality/ Recreation/

Entertainment5 10 5 10 5 5 10 7 6 3 12 3 7

Human Resources 10 8 8 10 14 10 4 3 9 8 6 6 6


Law 2 3 3 3 - 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 4

Manufacturing 5 4 2 4 - 2 3 7 3 6 8 8 9

Market Research 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 4

Media/ Journalism/ Publishing 3 4 3 3 8 5 5 3 2 4 1 3 2




Electricity/ Power Generation/

Water7 6 4 5 3 4 6 13 4 8 5 7 10


Telecommunications 10 8 6 6 3 7 5 23 10 10 7 12 5

Tourism 4 9 6 6 5 6 11 7 3 8 12 5 10

Transport/ Travel 3 3 2 4 3 5 1 - 2 3 4 3 5

(*) Small base


Best career growth


Q. Which industries offer the best career growth in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy (27%) is considered to be the industry that offers the best career growth.

• Fewer respondents in the North Africa (9%) believe that Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals/ Energy is the industry that offers the best career growth as compared to those living in GCC (30%) and in Levant (28%).

Base: All (3561)

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Telecommunications


Engineering/ Design

Education/ Academia



Manufacturing

Tourism





Human Resources



Pharmaceuticals

Automotive


Market Research



Best career growth – By country


Q. Which industries offer the best career growth in your country of residence? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations8 12 8 8 8 5 6 7 7 8 9 4 7


Agriculture/ Forestry 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 3 2 1 8 9 13

Automotive 4 3 7 1 - 4 2 - 4 4 9 3 5


Business Consultancy/

Business Management9 6 8 8 5 9 15 - 10 6 3 4 6

Charity/ Voluntary sector 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4



Consumer Goods/ FMCG 3 3 3 2 - 4 8 10 3 3 6 3 7

Domestic Services 1 2 2 1 3 3 - - 0 1 1 1 1




Healthcare/ Medical services 10 9 6 13 11 9 6 - 8 3 4 5 4


Entertainment4 15 6 8 8 7 13 10 9 4 9 2 7

Human Resources 9 6 7 6 3 7 3 13 9 5 3 5 5


Law 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 2

Manufacturing 8 6 5 2 3 5 6 10 6 8 12 13 11

Market Research 3 3 2 3 3 6 2 7 4 2 1 2 2






Water9 7 5 6 11 6 6 10 8 9 9 10 16

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail 8 5 7 4 3 5 10 13 10 6 15 12 15


Tourism 5 12 6 6 8 7 12 3 5 7 20 6 16

Transport/ Travel 3 3 1 5 5 3 2 3 3 1 3 4 5



Optimum job security


Q. Which industries offer the optimum job security in the current economic scenario in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Military/ Defence/Police (31%) followed by Government / Civil service (26%), Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (25%) and Banking / Finance / Accounting (21%) are the top industries when it comes to job security in the current economic scenario.

Base: All (3561)

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Education/ Academia



Telecommunications





Manufacturing

Pharmaceuticals

Human Resources

Law

Engineering/ Design


Tourism




Automotive


Transport/ Travel


Optimum job security – By country


Q. Which industries offer the optimum job security in the current economic scenario in your country of residence? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations3 4 5 1 5 1 4 3 3 2 5 1 1



Automotive 2 2 5 1 - 4 4 3 3 3 6 4 6



Business Management4 3 4 4 5 7 7 3 3 2 6 3 2




Consumer Goods/ FMCG 3 3 3 2 3 4 6 3 3 2 5 1 6

Domestic Services 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 -


Engineering/ Design 5 5 6 12 - 5 10 7 3 4 4 3 1




Entertainment2 8 7 8 11 8 10 10 4 3 6 3 7

Human Resources 8 7 6 4 5 3 2 7 5 3 5 4 2


Law 4 4 4 3 5 4 7 - 4 5 10 5 5

Manufacturing 6 6 2 3 3 1 4 10 5 3 8 10 10

Market Research 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 - 2 1 1 1 -






Water10 9 7 7 5 9 6 10 9 11 7 14 12



Tourism 2 5 5 3 8 5 6 7 2 4 11 5 6


Most stressful industries


Q. In your country of residence, which of the following industries are the most stressful to work in? (Select top 3)

• Banking / Finance / Accounting, Military / Defence / Police, Real Estate / Construction / Property development and Healthcare/medical services emerge as the most stressful industries to work in.

Base: All (3561)

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Education/ Academia

Manufacturing


Law

Tourism

Transport/ Travel



Engineering/ Design



Telecommunications

Domestic Services


Automotive

Human Resources


Pharmaceuticals


Agriculture/ Forestry

Market Research

Charity/ Voluntary sectorOther private sector: 10%Other public sector: 5%


Most stressful industries – By country

All figures are %’sQ. In your country of residence, which of the following industries are the most stressful to work in? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations7 14 8 9 8 5 8 - 11 6 4 3 1


Agriculture/ Forestry 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 5 3 3 6

Automotive 8 4 7 3 5 6 3 3 5 4 4 5 6







Consumer Goods/ FMCG 9 7 10 2 - 5 5 3 7 6 4 5 2

Domestic Services 6 8 16 8 14 8 4 - 3 3 6 4 9


Engineering/ Design 7 11 10 15 5 5 8 - 12 5 4 2 5




Entertainment6 12 7 9 16 7 8 - 9 8 5 4 9

Human Resources 5 6 5 4 - 4 6 10 4 3 8 6 2


Law 7 6 3 3 14 10 15 13 6 8 10 15 13

Manufacturing 8 7 8 12 11 3 10 10 13 10 9 6 11

Market Research 4 6 4 3 - 5 3 - 5 4 3 2 2




Pharmaceuticals 4 2 2 3 3 4 2 - 3 8 6 3 2


Water5 6 8 5 5 7 10 20 8 5 8 4 5



Tourism 4 5 4 2 11 5 4 10 8 18 5 4 20



Longest working hours


Q. Which of the following industries have the longest working hours in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• 20% claim that Military / defence / police and Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals have the longest working hours. Hospitality/ Recreation/ Entertainment and Healthcare/ Medical services follow.

• More respondents in North Africa believe that Military/ Defence/Police/ Security services has the longest hours- particularly in Algeria and Tunisia.

Base: All (3561)

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Transport/ Travel



Engineering/ Design



Domestic Services

Telecommunications

Tourism








Education/ Academia

Pharmaceuticals

Automotive

Market Research

Human Resources



Longest working hours – By country


Q. Which of the following industries have the longest working hours in your country of residence? (Select top 3)



Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations7 9 9 7 8 6 8 - 11 8 6 1 1


Agriculture/ Forestry 3 3 6 3 3 - 3 3 3 8 14 6 11

Automotive 4 4 5 2 - 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 4







Consumer Goods/ FMCG 7 9 10 4 - 7 10 - 5 6 4 4 2

Domestic Services 7 12 13 11 8 9 10 3 2 4 13 3 7



Government/ Civil service 4 3 5 5 3 - 1 - 4 4 9 10 11



Entertainment12 23 15 17 27 16 25 7 26 12 13 5 9

Human Resources 4 4 1 2 5 1 - 3 2 1 2 4 1


Law 2 2 4 1 8 1 1 - 1 4 2 2 2

Manufacturing 11 8 12 10 8 9 9 13 15 15 20 10 24

Market Research 3 2 1 2 8 5 1 - 3 4 3 2 -






Water8 4 6 5 5 9 3 7 3 4 5 9 7



Tourism 4 8 4 5 14 5 12 3 8 11 10 2 10




Industries most attractive to women


Q Which industries are most attractive to the WOMEN workforce in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Education / Academia (28%), followed by Healthcare / Medical services (27%) and Banking / Finance / Accounting (22%) emerge as the industries which are the most attractive to females.

Base: All (3561)

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Telecommunications


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Engineering/ Design


Law

Market Research

Manufacturing



Transport/ Travel

Automotive





Industries most attractive to women – By country


Airline GCC Levant North Africa


Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations18 12 17 14 22 7 17 17 15 21 14 9 15


Agriculture/ Forestry 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 - 0 1 7 1 7

Automotive 1 2 3 0 - 1 2 - 1 1 5 2 2



Business Management5 6 4 3 8 3 6 - 3 4 6 6 2



Property Development1 3 2 2 - 2 - - 1 2 1 1 2








Entertainment8 23 15 23 14 11 20 27 11 18 27 11 20

Human Resources 14 16 12 14 8 15 13 10 11 11 7 8 5


Law 2 2 1 2 - 4 6 3 4 1 2 6 9

Manufacturing 2 1 2 1 - 2 - - 2 4 8 1 10

Market Research 4 3 4 3 - 4 - - 3 2 1 2 4


Military/ Defence/ Police 1 4 1 3 8 5 2 - 3 3 4 2 -

Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 1 3 5 4 5 5 - - - 3 1 4 1



Water1 4 1 1 3 1 - 3 1 2 0 1 1



Tourism 5 14 14 12 5 8 19 17 10 18 22 12 12


Q Which industries are most attractive to the WOMEN workforce in your country of residence? (Select top 3)Only industries higher than 1% (total sample) are presented

Industries attracting local talent


Q. Which industries attract highest proportion of LOCAL talent in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (25%), followed by Banking / Finance / Accounting (21%), Government/ Civil service and Military/ Defence/ Police are the top industries in terms of attracting the highest proportion of local talents.

• More respondents in the Levant believe that Banking / Finance / Accounting attracts the highest proportion of local talents as compared to other MENA areas.

Base: All (3561)

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Education/ Academia

Telecommunications







Manufacturing


Tourism


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Pharmaceuticals


Automotive

Law

Transport/ Travel



Industries attracting local talent – By country


Airline GCC Levant North Africa


Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations8 6 7 3 3 3 10 7 7 8 8 2 4


Agriculture/ Forestry 1 2 3 2 3 2 - - 0 2 7 7 9

Automotive 3 2 7 1 - 2 2 10 3 4 11 8 4




Charity/ Voluntary sector 4 2 3 2 - 2 2 7 4 1 1 2 -




Domestic Services 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 - 0 1 2 - 2






Entertainment4 9 7 10 14 7 15 3 10 4 9 2 5

Human Resources 10 6 8 7 11 9 2 3 4 4 5 3 5


Law 4 5 4 3 8 3 6 3 1 5 3 2 11

Manufacturing 7 6 3 4 5 3 5 10 6 8 17 10 6

Market Research 4 2 3 - - 2 3 - 3 4 3 2 7




Pharmaceuticals 3 1 3 0 - - 5 13 8 8 4 8 4


Water8 9 6 8 3 7 6 7 5 10 9 15 6



Tourism 4 7 5 4 14 7 17 3 6 8 18 3 15


Q. Which industries attract highest proportion of LOCAL talent in your country of residence? (Select top 3)Only industries higher than 1% (total sample) are presented


Industries with strongest growth


Q. In your opinion, which industries have recorded the strongest growth in the past year in your country of residence? (Select top 3)

• Banking / finance / Accounting, Telecommunications and Oil, Gas and petrochemicals are the industries with the strongest growth in the past year. Military and Real Estate/ Construction / Property Development follow closely.

Base: All (3561)

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Telecommunications








Tourism


Education/ Academia



Manufacturing


Automotive


Pharmaceuticals

Transport/ Travel

Human Resources

Engineering/ Design




Law

Domestic Services

Market Research


Industries with strongest growth – By country




Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations11 8 9 6 8 5 6 3 11 11 6 4 6


Agriculture/ Forestry 1 2 2 7 - 1 - - 1 2 8 12 11

Automotive 4 4 7 1 3 4 3 10 6 4 15 14 11









Education/ Academia 7 4 5 10 - 14 6 13 11 3 7 16 6

Engineering/ Design 4 5 6 13 - 5 6 - 1 5 3 3 7




Entertainment5 13 6 9 11 11 21 10 8 3 12 5 7

Human Resources 8 5 5 4 - - 1 3 7 5 5 2 -


Law 4 1 2 2 3 1 4 7 2 1 2 1 5

Manufacturing 6 6 4 6 3 2 3 7 3 6 16 10 6

Market Research 2 2 1 1 3 - 1 3 4 2 1 1 4




Pharmaceuticals 4 3 2 2 - - 13 13 8 8 4 6 9


Water10 5 3 9 8 5 2 10 6 12 9 11 5



Tourism 7 17 6 9 14 11 14 7 5 5 22 3 9


Q. In your opinion, which industries have recorded the strongest growth in the past year in your country of residence? (Select top 3)


Industries that hire the highest proportion of fresh grads


Q. Which industries are hiring the highest proportion of FRESH GRADUATES in your country of residence? (Select top 3) )

• Military emerges as the top industry that attracts the highest proportion of fresh grads.

• More respondents in Lebanon (33%) believe that Banking / Finance hires the highest proportion of fresh grads as compared to other MENA countries.

Base: All (3561)

20

17

16

15

13

12

11

11

10

9

9

8

8

7

7

6

5

5

5

4

4

4

3

3



Education/ Academia


Telecommunications







Human Resources

Manufacturing

Engineering/ Design

Tourism






Pharmaceuticals


Law

Domestic Services



Industries that hire the highest proportion of fresh grads – By country




Base: All 736 252 191 210 37 148 124 30 231 827 220 278 82


Relations9 11 10 8 22 6 11 10 16 18 10 4 7

Aerospace/ Airline/ Aviation 3 6 3 1 3 4 2 - 2 2 3 2 6


Automotive 3 4 4 1 - 2 - 3 2 2 8 2 1








Domestic Services 2 4 5 6 - 1 4 3 1 3 2 3 2






Entertainment7 16 7 13 16 5 14 10 13 10 15 3 7

Human Resources 14 9 7 9 5 9 2 7 4 5 5 9 1


Law 3 2 3 1 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 6 5

Manufacturing 6 6 3 5 5 3 3 7 8 12 14 6 5

Market Research 2 5 4 5 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 2 5



Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 11 8 13 16 11 22 - 3 1 4 3 14 7



Water5 5 2 5 - 4 1 3 1 3 5 5 5

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail 11 11 10 5 11 3 6 - 7 17 8 8 7


Tourism 3 7 6 7 5 5 6 10 4 11 13 3 11

Transport/ Travel 2 3 4 3 - 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 1

Q. Which industries are hiring the highest proportion of FRESH GRADUATES in your country of residence? (Select top 3)


Government as an employer

Q. How favorable is the government as an employer of choice in your country of residence?


• The majority of respondents (61%) believe that the government is a favorable employer, with 37% claiming that the government is an “extremely favorable” employer.

37

24

10

7

6

16

Extremely favorable

Slightly favorable

Neither favorable norunfavorable

Slightly unfavorable

Extremely unfavorable

DK/DA

Base: All (3561)

Government as an employer – By country

Q. How favorable is the government as an employer of choice in your country of residence?


21

19

22

12

11

17

30

21

22

15

19

13

17

6

5

8

6

6

13

7

3

1

7

4

4

9

10

10

8

4

17

6

6

5

1

8

1

5

17

14

10

11

16

3

15

9

14

8

11

8

6

26

27

21

29

34

33

19

21

14

18

19

17

23

22

24

30

34

29

17

23

40

46

57

36

58

45

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Egypt

Jordan

Syria

Lebanon

Oman

Bahrain

Qatar

Kuwait

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Don’t know / Can’t say Extremely unfavourable

Slightly unfavourable Neither favourable nor unfavourable

Slightly favourable Extremely favourable

GC

CLe

van

tN

ort

h A

fric

aBase: All

736

252

191

210

37

148

124

30

231

827

220

278

82

Industry change in the last 24 months

Q. Have you changed your industry in the last 24 months?


• A fourth of working respondents have changed their industry in the last 2 years.

• No significant differences are observed per region.

25

75

Yes

No

Base: Working (2627)

Industry change in the last 24 months – By country


Q. Have you changed your industry in the last 24 months?



Base: Working 501 203 169 186 35 101 91 25 155 664 103 195 53

Yes, I have changed my

industry in the last 24 months

26 24 22 26 17 21 26 32 29 27 30 19 23

No, I have not changed

74 76 78 74 83 79 74 68 71 73 70 81 77

Reasons for having changed industry


Q. Why did you change your industry? (Please select all that apply)

• Better salaries (39%) and better opportunities for career growth (27%) are the top reasons why respondents have changed their industry in the last 24 months.

Base: Working and have changed industry (665)

39

27

26

26

19

17

16

13

13

9

8

Better salaries in new industry

Better career growth opportunities in new industry

Lack of recognition of my work in past industry

To fulfil my life’s ambition of working in a particular job

Better work culture in new industry

Easy to maintain work-life balance in new industry

Better job security in new industry

Flexible timings in new industry

Moving to a new city/ country

My industry was sizing down

For the sake of children’s education

Q. Why did you change your industry? (Please select all that apply)

Reasons for having changed industry – By country



KSA UAE Kuwait Qatar Bahrain(*)

Oman Lebanon Syria(*)

Jordan Egypt Morocco Algeria Tunisia

Base: Working and have changed industry 130 48 38 49 6 21 24 8 45 182 31 38 12

My industry was sizing down 11 15 8 20 - - 4 - 7 9 - - -

Better career growth

opportunities in new industry32 33 29 31 33 29 25 25 36 23 19 18 17

Better job security in new

industry18 17 18 22 33 14 8 13 13 15 13 11 8

Better salaries in new industry 36 42 47 41 33 52 29 50 33 42 29 39 25

Lack of recognition of my work

in past industry29 8 24 18 17 14 21 25 33 31 23 34 33

Better work culture in new

industry23 15 21 24 - 24 17 - 16 18 6 18 8

Easy to maintain work-life

balance in new industry18 8 16 16 - 24 8 - 9 18 16 18 33

Flexible timings in new industry 16 10 18 18 17 24 21 - 4 12 6 8 33

To fulfil my life’s ambition of

working in a particular job15 25 29 22 33 19 33 38 18 31 35 32 33

Moving to a new city/ country 15 19 5 8 - 19 8 - 7 11 32 13 17

For the sake of children’s

education3 2 - 10 - 14 13 25 11 13 10 3 8

Based on a friend/ colleague’s

recommendation8 10 - 10 - - 4 25 4 8 3 5 8

(*) Small base

Considering industry change

Q. Are you considering an industry change in the next few months?


• At almost 1 in 2 respondents consider an industry change in the next few months, while 34% are not sure.

50

16

34Yes

No

DK/DA


Considering industry change – By country


Q. Are you considering an industry change in the next few months?



Base: Working 501 203 169 186 35 101 91 25 155 664 103 195 53

Yes 48 50 47 48 40 52 37 42 43 45 45 49 41

No 16 17 14 20 20 19 22 22 23 19 14 12 16

Don’t know/ Can’t say

36 33 40 33 40 29 40 36 34 35 40 39 43

(*) Small base

Industry considering moving to


Q. Which industry are you considering moving to?

• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (14%) emerges as the most appealing industry amongst those who consider an industry change.

Base: Working and considering industry change (1314)

14

8

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2






Engineering/ Design

Human Resources


Education/ Academia





Telecommunications


Manufacturing


Automotive

Tourism


Transport/ Travel



Q. Which industry are you considering moving to?

Industry considering moving to – By country

All figures are %’s (*) Small base


KSA UAE Kuwait Qatar Bahrain (*)


Jordan Egypt Morocco Algeria Tunisia (*)

Base: Working and considering industry change

272 101 86 95 22 60 30 11 74 306 55 111 26


Relations6 5 6 1 - 3 3 - 3 2 5 2 -

Aerospace/ Airline/ Aviation 3 8 2 2 - 3 - - 3 2 4 3 4

Agriculture/ Forestry - - 1 1 - - - - 3 1 2 2 -

Automotive 2 4 1 - - - - 18 5 1 2 1 12

Banking / Finance / Accounting 7 10 8 6 14 12 13 9 16 10 2 5 -



Charity/ Voluntary sector 0 2 1 1 5 - - - 5 0 - - -


Property Development2 4 8 3 5 2 7 - 1 4 5 - 4

Consumer Goods/ FMCG 2 2 2 1 - - - - - 1 2 1 -

Domestic Services - - - 1 - 2 - - - 0 2 1 -

Education/ Academia 2 2 1 5 - 2 7 - 4 4 2 9 8

Engineering/ Design 4 5 3 6 - 2 10 - 1 4 2 8 12

Government/ Civil service 9 6 5 7 - 3 10 - 5 2 4 1 -

Healthcare/ Medical services 3 1 1 2 - 3 - - 4 - - 3 -


Entertainment3 6 3 9 5 8 - 9 3 1 2 1 -

Human Resources 6 3 10 4 5 7 - - 1 3 - 4 4

IT/ Internet/ E-commerce 7 2 2 4 9 3 - 18 4 7 4 5 4

Law 1 - 1 1 - 2 - - - 2 - - -

Manufacturing 3 7 1 2 5 - - 9 - 2 7 1 -

Market Research 1 2 - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 4

Media/ Journalism/ Publishing - 1 - - - 2 10 - - 1 - 1 4

Military/ Defence/ Police 1 3 1 3 9 8 - 9 1 4 - 1 -

Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 10 4 16 18 5 22 - - 3 20 2 29 15

Pharmaceuticals 1 2 - - - 2 - - 1 2 2 1 -


Water3 3 1 3 9 - - 9 3 3 7 6 4

Commerce/ Trade/ Retail 5 3 3 2 5 2 3 - 3 4 16 4 -

Telecommunications 3 2 5 - - 5 3 9 1 3 - 4 -

Tourism 1 2 - - - 5 3 - - 2 5 4 8

Transport/ Travel 1 1 - 3 9 - 3 - - 1 7 1 4


Reasons for considering industry change


Q. Why are you considering an industry change? (Select top three reasons)

• Better salary (62%) is the top reason for considering an industry change, while better career growth follows at 40%.

62

40

28

26

23

19

18

15

9

8

7

Better salary

Better career growth

Better work-life balance

Better benefits

Job security

Better bonuses

Better work culture

Too much stress in current industry

More job opportunities in industry in my country of residence

More flexible working hours

Shorter working hours

Base: Working and considering industry change (1314)

Q. Why are you considering an industry change? (Select top three reasons)

Reasons for considering industry change – By country

All figures are %’s (*) Small base


KSA UAE Kuwait Qatar Bahrain (*)


Jordan Egypt Morocco Algeria Tunisia (*)

Base: Working and considering industry change

272 101 86 95 22 60 30 11 74 306 55 111 26

Better salary 61 51 50 57 55 65 63 64 51 69 67 68 88

Better benefits 24 31 27 29 32 27 10 18 16 28 27 28 19

Shorter working hours 6 7 3 5 - 13 3 9 14 7 7 9 12

More flexible working hours 9 10 6 8 5 7 10 9 11 9 7 10 -

Too much stress in current

industry18 12 19 9 14 3 20 9 22 13 20 17 19

Better bonuses 17 8 17 12 18 20 17 9 18 17 24 33 31

Better career growth 39 47 45 53 32 52 43 55 35 40 31 15 42

More job opportunities in

industry in my country of

residence

11 12 10 6 5 5 17 9 7 11 5 6 8

Job security 35 25 20 25 41 18 13 18 36 18 11 9 4

Better work culture 15 13 16 13 18 20 13 18 20 20 15 24 27

Better work-life balance 26 36 27 15 14 23 33 36 31 28 42 38 15

Other 2 2 1 4 - 2 7 - 3 2 4 3 -

DEMOGRAPHICS

Section 4

Demographics

Age

• 18-29 – 39%

• 30-39 – 38%

• 40+ – 23%

Monthly income

• Up to US$ 1000 / month– 49%

• US$ 1001-3000 / month– 24%

• More than US$ 3000/ per month– 14%

• DK/DA– 13%

Region

• GCC – 44%

• Levant – 11%

• North Africa – 40%

31

12

8

7

6

6

5

5

3

3

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

Egyptian

Saudi

Algerian

Jordanian

Moroccan

Indian

Sudanese

Other

Lebanese

Syrian

Omani

Tunisian

Filipino

Palestinian

Pakistani

Iraqi

Emirati

Bangladeshi

Nationality


Base: Total (3561)

Other: 2%


Demographics

64

26

7

2

Working full time (30 or more hoursper week)

Unemployed

Working part time (8 to 29 hours perweek)

Working part time (Less than 8 hours aweek)

Working Status

Unemployed:

26%

Experienced professional looking

for a job: 52%

Fresh college/school graduate looking for a

job: 48%


Base: Total (3561)

Demographics

24

19

15

13

10

5

3

3

2

1

5

Private sector - Multinational company

Private sector - Large Local company

Public or government sector

Private sector - Small or Medium Local company

Private sector - other

Private sector - Self-owned company

Private sector - Family-owned company (others)

Semi-government/Quasi-governmental company

Not-for-profit/ Non-governmental (NGO) sector

Private sector - Family-owned company (your family)

Other

Sector


Base: Currently working or unemployed experienced professional looking for a job (3113)

Years of experience:

Less than a year 6

1 – 2 years 12

3 – 4 years 15

5 – 6 years 12

7 – 8 years 10

9 – 10 years 10

11 or more years 35

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