Nasair held an Open Day in Riyadh, KSA to recruit Saudi Nationals looking to join the company as flight attendants. Candidates hoping to join the team were received and greeted by Nasair representatives, and were given the opportunity to discuss their career options and the benefits of working for Nasair. Naiem Al Shabanah, Executive Director [...]
Alarmed by a predominantly expatriate workforce in Saudi Arabia sending large money transfers outside of the country, the Saudi Labor Ministry has said it will introduce a “salary protection” program to boost its domestic economy. The new program will dictate the amount an expat working in Saudi Arabia can send back home, the Saudi labor [...]
Salaries in Saudi Arabia’s private sector are set to increase by five percent over the next 12 amid an increase in demand for Saudi nationals in the private sector, a new survey said on Tuesday. A total of 30 percent of 250 companies surveyed in the kingdom said they had difficultly retaining their staff, up [...]
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to localise nursing jobs in medical facilities across the kingdom, a move that could cause foreign nurses to lose their jobs. In a circular to its administrative units, Saudi’s Ministry of Health (MoH) indicated that contracts with foreign nurses who have completed 10 years of service will be terminated, Saudi [...]
Monster Employment Index Gulf Rises 8% Month-over-Month The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job demand in Middle-east based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend [...]
Thousands of expats in Saudi Arabia are set to clear their bank accounts ahead of upcoming visa renewals amid fears new curbs on foreign labour will unleash a wave of job cuts. Foreign workers, whose bank accounts are frozen during visa renewals, fear rules aimed at forcing private sector firms to increase their quota of [...]
The new initiative supports Government’s ongoing focus on Saudization June 19 2011, Riyadh: MonsterGulf, a leading online career and recruitment solutions provider in the Gulf region today announced the launch of its initiative ‘Return2Home’ targeting Non-Resident Saudis residing abroad looking at returning to their origins. Created to reach out to the Saudi population living abroad [...]
Riyadh Job Fair 2011, in its 1st edition, aims to provide an opportunity to Saudi citizens in all areas to meet directly the employers. It will offer a platform for debate, questions, answers, creativity and knowledge. It provides vital information that broadens knowledge about career development opportunities by offering lectures, panel discussions, and workshops on [...]
Ending speculation that it is about to limit the stay of expatriate workers to six years, Saudi Arabia has clarified that the decision applies to only those private sector firms that do not abide by the country’s job nationalisation quotas. A government official was reacting to statements made by Saudi Labour Minister, Mr Adel Faqih [...]
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