90% of Mena employees feel optimistic about 2022, survey finds – The National

90% of Mena employees feel optimistic about 2022, survey finds – The National

Ninety per cent of working professionals polled in a survey in the Middle East and North Africa feel optimistic about 2022 as job prospects and optimism in the labour market improve on the back of economic growth, despite pandemic-induced headwinds, according to a new survey.

About 85 per cent of respondents believe the new year will bring many changes in their professional and personal lives, revealed a survey by jobs portal Bayt.com. It polled 3,395 respondents in countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, among others, from November 11 to December 15, 2021.

Fifty-six per cent of respondents said finding a new job was their top career-related resolution for 2022. Twenty-one per cent said receiving a promotion or a salary increase was their top resolution, while 21 per cent picked learning new skills at work and 2 per cent cited improving relationships with colleagues and managers.