Saudi pushes banks to allot more jobs for localsSaudi Arabia's central bank has asked commercial banks to increase localisation of some functions as Riyadh pushes to move more of its citizens into jobs now done by expatriates, a banker in the kingdom said. The Saudi Arabian More… |
Saudi reforms provide 600,000 jobs for localsSaudi Arabia's attempts to reform its expatriate-heavy labour market have put more than 600,000 locals into jobs at private companies, a senior official said on Tuesday, a sharp increase over previous rates. &n More… |
Gulf firms plan to hire more local talentNearly half of the companies in the Gulf region plan to recruit local talent, revealed a new poll conducted by leading job site Bayt.com. The online poll series on ‘Localisation Hiring Policies in the GCC’ found that 49.2 p More… |