About 64 per cent of staff within the UAE stated that wage and compensation are the first causes that appeal to them to employers, in response to a survey by jobs portal Bayt.com and market analysis firm YouGov.
Sixty-one per cent of staff cited work surroundings and 50 per cent picked long-term job safety as different causes that attracted them to firms, in response to the survey, which polled 2,473 respondents from international locations such because the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Lebanon between November 17 and December 14 final 12 months.
In the meantime, 16 per cent of staff within the UAE stated a optimistic media presence was the least essential consider selecting an employer whereas 15 per cent stated the aesthetics of the corporate, comparable to the brand and web site design, didn’t matter to them, the analysis revealed.
“Our annual Expertise Attraction and Retention survey demonstrates that a lot of UAE professionals maintain their present office in excessive regard and would even advocate their employers to different job seekers,” stated Ola Haddad, director of human sources at Bayt.com.
“Organisations within the area ought to proceed partaking their expertise and in search of their suggestions to enhance their capacity to draw prime expertise and to drive up their loyalty in 2022 and past.”
About 43 per cent of companies within the UAE plan to extend salaries this 12 months by a mean of three per cent because the job market and economic system enhance on the again of Expo 2020 Dubai and the federal government’s optimistic dealing with of the Covid-19 pandemic, in response to a December report by recruitment company Cooper Fitch.
The Cooper Fitch UAE Wage Information 2022, which polled greater than 600 firms within the UAE, discovered that 35 per cent of companies plan to extend salaries by as much as 5 per cent. One in 25 firms will provide staff a elevate between 6 per cent to 9 per cent whereas one in 20 companies will increase wages by 10 per cent or extra.
In the meantime, seven in 10 UAE-based staff stated that good ethics and practices made an organization a horny employer whereas 67 per cent picked a pleasant firm tradition and 49 per cent selected firms that interact in company social obligations, in response to Bayt.com.
About 28 per cent of staff within the Emirates stated that they take into account social media to be the best medium to advertise an organization’s tradition to job seekers whereas 27 per cent cited on-line firm pages, the survey discovered.
Sixty-eight per cent of these polled stated an organization’s perks and advantages had been essentially the most compelling motive to affix as an worker whereas 46 per cent picked worker testimonials and evaluations, and 38 per cent selected firm occasions, in response to Bayt.com.
Sixty-one per cent of staff within the UAE picked profession growth alternatives as an important on-the-job attribute that attracted them to employers.
After being employed, 38 per cent stated an important driver of loyalty was job safety, 37 per cent picked alternatives for long-term profession growth whereas 35 per cent selected coaching and growth alternatives, in response to the survey.
“Information exhibits that a number of components drive staff’ dedication to their work, together with the work surroundings wherein they work, alternatives to develop and develop and their relationships with their firms,” stated Zafar Shah, analysis director at YouGov.
About 60 per cent of the working inhabitants within the UAE stated they’re blissful at their present office whereas 66 per cent stated they might advocate their employer to somebody on the lookout for a job, the analysis revealed.
Additional, 66 per cent of the respondents stated they might apply within the present organisation for his or her present function in the event that they needed to do it yet again, in response to Bayt.com.
Nonetheless, 71 per cent of staff within the UAE stated they’ll in all probability change their present firm within the subsequent six months.
Forty per cent of respondents cited the dearth of alternatives for development as the primary motive to search for a change whereas 33 per cent picked compensation not being as much as market requirements, the survey confirmed.
Up to date: January 18, 2022, 4:00 AM