Bayt.com Poll: Career Resilience in the MENA 2024

In today’s competitive work environment, companies that prioritize employee development and align with their workforce's preferences are better positioned to retain top talent and drive business success. We want to understand what it is that professionals in the MENA region prefer to develop themselves professionally, how remote work impacts their team collaboration, what motivates employees to stay with their current employers, and what is their outlook to the ever changing job market conditions.

Bayt.com has recently conducted the Career Resilience Poll to provide insights into these critical areas, helping companies identify where they need to invest in training, technology, or other initiatives to meet the needs of their workforce.

Key Findings:

• Almost half of the respondents (45.9%) chose on-the-job training as their preferred method for professional development, with online courses being the next most popular option at 31.8%.
• A significant majority (75.6%) of respondents agreed that remote work improves collaboration within their teams, with 52.6% stating that it greatly enhances teamwork.
• Career development opportunities (33.3%) and salary and benefits (28%) were identified as the top two factors that influence employees to stay with their current employers.
• Most respondents (77.1%) agreed that digital transformation has positively impacted their roles at work, with 66.7% noting a significant enhancement in their job functions.
• An overwhelming 85.7% of respondents expressed confidence in their ability to adapt to changing job market conditions, with 63.5% being very confident.

Data for the Bayt.com Career Resilience poll was collected online from 18th July – 19th August 2024. The results are based on respondents from countries including UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Sudan, among others.