UAE jobs: Mind the (skills) gap

UAE jobs: Mind the (skills) gap

Experts across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region have stressed the importance of properly utilising today’s young workforce, especially as the region prepares to tackle the challenges stemming from the fourth industrial revolution.

The Mena region is endowed with a young, growing, and increasingly well-educated population, which, if skilled for tomorrow’s jobs and offered new and productive employment opportunities, has the potential to significantly enhance the region’s growth. Across the region, high-skilled employment stands at 21 per cent on average, while middle-skilled roles account for 66 per cent of all formal sector jobs. It was found that the […]

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