As many as 7,127 jobs were created for Qatari citizens in 2022 according to 2022 Recruitment Statistics

According to 2022 Recruitment Statistics released by the Ministry of Labour and Civil Service and Government Development Bureau (CSGDB) yesterday, as many as 7,127 jobs were created for Qatari citizens across Qatar’s public and private sectors in 2022. The data also highlights the ratio of female to male hires, the most in-demand sectors in the country, and many more insights. 

The public sector created the most job opportunities over the past year with over 5,000 citizens hired. New positions were predominately filled by women who made up 69% of new hires. The top hiring entities, within the government sector, were the Primary Healthcare Corporation, the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and Hamad Medical Corporation.  However, the most job opportunities were provided by the Ministry of Municipality, the Supreme Judiciary Council, and the General Authority of Customs. Meanwhile, 1,850 Qatari citizens were hired by the private sector. Male employees made up 52% of new hires and female candidates represented 48%.

Specialities that saw the most demand were business management, within the private sector, engineering and accounting. In the private sector as well, Qatari citizens were hired most in the financial and insurance sector, followed by the energy and industry sector. Top hiring private entities include Qatar National Bank, QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Airways, and Ooredoo. 2022 saw a great deal of investment in the National Employment Platform, Kawader, with upgrades made to facilitate the employment of Qataris looking for work. 

These include allowing Qatari employees to search for new roles in the portal to ensure continuous professional development, provision of remote, free-of-charge e-training platform to help job seekers acquire essential skills for future employment, enabling job seekers to apply for a maximum of five jobs at once to ensure greater engagement in the role from candidates, and matching job opportunities with job seekers’ qualifications and interests.

Human development, which is deemed one of the most crucial pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030, aims to achieve several objectives such as allocating broad investments in certification and training programmes by public and private institutions, creating high quality training opportunities for all citizens that correspond to their ambitions and abilities, and providing training programmes that address the needs of the current and future labour market.