Hiring in KSA’s creative and media industry is booming

Monster Employment Index KSA continues to highlight a positive trend in employment growth, which indicates a healthy and strong economy. As compared to last year, overall online job listings in the Kingdom have increased by 30 percent, led by a 55 percent increase in the advertising, market research, public relations, media and entertainment industry.
“As the country is preparing to open up to foreign investment, local and international firms operating in Saudi Arabia are excited at the prospect of promoting their products and services, which has led to a significant increase in demand for creative talent,” said Sanjay Modi, managing director, Monster.com (India, Middle East, South East Asia and Hong Kong).
MENA year-over-year trends show six out of seven countries monitored by the Index indicated increase in availability of online jobs year-on-year.
• KSA (up 30 percent) supplanted Egypt (up 28 percent) to lead all monitored countries by the way of long-term growth.
• UAE (up 17 percent) registered a positive annual growth this month. Year-on-year, recruitment activity eased 10 percent in January 2015 and matched that of February 2014 the following month before picking up again this month
• Kuwait (down seven percent) is the only country to exhibit negative annual growth rate even this month. The rate of growth has however improved slightly.