Some 65 employees and employers interested in learning the nuances of the local job market, attended a roundtable conducted by www.bayt.com at Tawteen 2012, the Kingdom's leading career fair at the InterContinental Hotel in Riyadh, a press statement of the online job portal said here Saturday. The roundtable discussed issues of positive hiring expectancies the Kingdom expects in 2012. Preferred industries for employment — oil, gas and petrochemicals followed by banking and finance — also came for discussion. “Our research and survey results have shown that the job market in KSA is currently the healthiest in the MENA region,” Suhail Masri, general manager of the portal said. “The indicators suggest there will be a plenty of hiring opportunities in the months to come.” Tawteen attracts over 10,000 jobseekers and over 500 employers from various industries, the statement added.
