Job sites most common hiring tool for managerial positions

dubai — Online job sites are the most common resource used for recruiting candidates for managerial positions in organisations in the UAE, a survey has found.

Around 75 per cent of recruiters in the UAE agree that online recruitment has facilitated the hiring process at their companies, the Bayt. com ‘Middle East and North Africa Hiring Practices’ survey revealed.

Survey results also indicated growing trends in online resource usage for recruiters in the UAE. At 47 per cent respondents consider online job sites to be the most effective source of recruitment for managerial roles across the UAE, followed by recruitment agencies at 44 per cent and their company’s internal network at 33 per cent.

For non-managerial roles, online job sites at 27 per cent remain the most popular, while employee referrals at 22 per cent emerged as the next most effective source of recruitment. In addition to that, applicant tracking systems are used by 42 per cent of employers for managerial positions and 28 per cent for non-managerial positions.

More than four in five respondents agree that online recruitment has facilitated the hiring process for managerial employees, including 47 per cent who believe it has ‘greatly’ facilitated the hiring process.

Suhail Masri, VP of Employer Solutions at Bayt.com, noted that it comes as no surprise that the top method for recruiting candidates in the UAE is job sites. “Online job sites have evidently helped prepare jobseekers to better execute the job hunt.”