Employment Opportunities in the Middle East for 2007-2009

February 27, 2007POEA MARKET UPDATE NO. 05-07EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR 2007-2009The Gulf States in the Middle East, namely: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman continue to offer vast opportunities to foreign labor in the construction, medical, tourism, retail, energy, engineers and planners, telecommunication, operation and maintenance, hotel and restaurant and IT sectors. These sectors are experiencing growth and expansion due to major infrastructure projects, expansion of exploration and production of the oil and gas sectors. Due to the economic boom in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi government has announced mega projects in the country, such as the Economic Cities in Rabigh and Jizan, railway projects linking east and west of the Kingdom, petrochemical projects, new hospitals, new universities and a wave of new industries. Major companies like Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC) will need more engineers and construction workers until 2010 to work on $95 million worth of projects in the Kingdom. The largest new project of Aramco — the $9,000 million offshore Manifa Field Development...