DUBAI — The latest job seeker tally from Bayt.com revealed that 43% of the online labor force in the Middle East have an account on Bayt.com. The numbers grow by the day and nearly 30 million CV’s can be found on Bayt.com today.

Online job sites play a leading role for job hunters in the Middle East. Although the job market can be a challenging one, professionals of all levels and skills can find exceptional opportunities if they know where to upload their CVs and apply.

A shining example of one of the region’s success stories, Bayt.com today has 28,500,000 CVs and more than 40,000 employers in its database. As such, it is becoming a ubiquitous job seeking and career planning tool across the Middle East.

In the GCC alone, 41% of the online labor force are on Bayt.com. The highest prevalence of online labor force with a Bayt.com account in the GCC is in the UAE (61%), followed by Qatar (42%), Oman (36%), KSA (35%), Bahrain (28%) and Kuwait (27%).

Other regional markets also have a very large proportion of online labor force with Bayt.com accounts. These markets include Jordan, in which three quarters (75%) of the online labor force are registered on Bayt.com. 44% of Egypt’s online labor force are registered on Bayt.com and 31% of Lebanon’s online labor force are on Bayt.com. The job site’s trilingual platform (English, Arabic, French) as well as its complete range of end-to-end employment solutions and career planning tools certainly contribute to its popularity.

“Job seekers on Bayt.com come with many different career levels, specialties, and target jobs,” said Suhail Masri, Vice President of Employer Solutions, Bayt.com. “Among those who have specified their career level on their Bayt.com CV, one out of three job seekers have more than 10 years of experience. The Bayt.com job seeker database includes hundreds of thousands of niche job roles that are as diverse as Oracle and Python Developers, Financial Analysts, Designers, Instrumentation Engineers, Product Managers, and Legal and Compliance Advisors.”

The Job site has achieved tremendous success in 17 years. Since its launch in 2000, Bayt.com has connected millions of job seekers and employers to help them build their careers. It has also developed unparalleled virtual fairs, applicant tracking, and career portal technologies that are being utilized and awarded at the global scale.

Today, Bayt.com is the largest employment marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa and offers its registered job seekers free and easy access to over 10,000 jobs on any given day. — SG