“B Mobile”: Yet Another Bayt Love Touch
In an attempt to make the process of accessing and applying to vacancies even simpler for Job Seekers on the move, Bayt has recently launched its BMobile Version, the first of its kind initiative in the Middle East, and one that reiterates its position as a regional innovative leader in the HR & Recruitment industry and once again restates its pledge to commit to the Job Seeker and Employer Community as a whole and the Middle East’s Job Seeker and Employer Community in specific.
Things worth knowing about B Mobile:
- Professionals can now access Bayt .com mobile via any Mobile device with internet access simply by visiting http://m.bayt.com- they then get instant access to all jobs currently available on our website.
- Professionals can also view job descriptions of posted vacancies in a friendly user mobile version then apply to posted jobs via their Mobile devices, by simply using their stored CVs.
- Should they wish to also include a Cover Letter, professionals now have the option to do so on Bayt Mobile.
- Right now, the search for jobs on M Mobile is done by location, soon enough Bayt will enable professionals to job search by sector and industry, just like the actual Bayt.com site. Read more
Lebanon: Destination for Bayt.com’s Virtual Job Fair this September
Following the unprecedented success of Bayt.com’s series of Virtual Job Fairs across the Middle East Region throughout the past year, the great minds behind these series have, once again, come together to decide that Lebanon will be Bayt.com’s next VJF destination, in a bid to boost the Lebanese employment market and get Lebanese job seekers and employers seeking top Lebanese talent together under one roof: Bayt’s revolutionary and unique virtual roof, part of a platform that will enable them to share knowledge, thoughts, concerns , “CVs” and “job vacancies” real-time and in inimitable style.
What exactly is a Virtual Job Fair? The Virtual Job Fair is an innovative online recruitment environment that goes live and stays live for a limited period of time. It is designed to effectively connect qualified job seekers and top employers on-line in order to exchange valuable information for recruitment purposes.
How exactly does it work? Bayt.com’s Virtual Job fair takes place completely online. Throughout the whole period of the VJF, job seekers will be able to apply to jobs 24/7 while employers will be present online in their “Virtual Booths” to answer and ask questions and offer details about employment opportunities in their companies.
What are the participation costs for Job Seekers? Job Seeker participation is absolutely FREE of charge. Professionals simply log on, register and start interacting with their employers of choice at http://virtualjobfair.bayt.com
What are the participation costs for Employers? Employer Participation fees are extremely low compared to the costs of the traditional physical job fair: no travel costs are incurred (it all takes place online), no branding material or physical booths are required (these also take place online), thus, all costs are reduced dramatically and the recruitment ROI at these fairs is exemplary. Interested employers can request a call from Bayt.com and can learn more about VJF from this URL http://virtualjobfair.bayt.com/en_CA/guest/employers
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Story time: Quelques résultats marocains de l’enquête de l’Indice de Confiance des Consommateurs – JUIN 2009
Dans le cadre des enquêtes et sondages que Bayt.com réalise en collaboration avec Yougov, nous avons publié les résultats de l’enquête concernant l’indice de Confiance des consommateurs du mois de juin 2009. Le sondage a été effectué du 29 avril 30 mai 2009 et a concerné 11.458 participants dont 12% marocains (2ème taux de participation). Dans cet article, nous souhaitons partager avec vous quelques résultats concernant le Maroc.
Tout d’abord, l’objectif de l’enquête est de nous éclairer sur les perceptions et attitudes des consommateurs, dans la Région Afrique du Nord et Moyen Orient, concernant l’économie de leurs pays, leurs situations financières et de travail, leurs comportements d’achat et d’investissement et un aperçu général sur le marché de l’emploi. Les chiffres et statistiques fluctuent d’un trimestre à un autre en fonction de la tendance d’augmentation ou diminution de 4 indices clés.
Intilaq - ready for launch
Funding and mentoring will be available for regional strategists and technologists with a solid team and great idea
Intilaq, to launch in Arabic - a unique initiative that will nurture and facilitate innovative entrepreneurship in the technology sector around the Middle East, was launched in the region this week. Powered by Bayt.com, the region’s number one job site, the Intilaq initiative operates following a dual approach: to develop innovative ideas germinated within Bayt.com, and to fund and mentor compelling entrepreneurial start-ups and their innovations, through acquiring equity or full-scale acquisitions.
Bayt.com welcomes over 14,000 visitors to first ever pan-regional Virtual Job Fair as part of Middle East recruitment drive
Fifth version of VJF cited as most successful yet, attracting more top talent and leading employers than ever before
Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, has announced that it received more than 14,000 unique visitors to its pan-regional Virtual Job Fair (VJF), which ran on the Bayt.com website between March 22nd and 26th, for employers and job seekers in the Middle East to interact in a convenient, hassle free and stress free forum. The Virtual Job Fair, which aimed to address the region’s growing levels of unemployment also recorded almost 81,000 total views, and received more than 20,000 registrations.
Bayt Jobs on Twitter
You’d have to try hard not to hear Twitter mentioned by Larry King, or CNN, or Ashton Kutcher, or Gulf News, and so on. The buzz around Twitter is huge and people are micro-blogging their interests 140 characters at a time from across the globe.
So what’s the big deal? Well, Twitter’s appeal to many is the ease of publishing snippets of information, links, thoughts, new events comments - among other things. twitter appeals to the blogging crowd who never had the time or attention span to compose blog posts, or to the individuals and business looking for information in real-time. Do a Google search and you get a list of indexed web pages - after Google has crawled them. Do a Twitter search and you get real-time citizen-powered journalism. Twitter is part of the real-time web.
We’re running our own little experiment here with Twitter. We’re tweeting some of our media, marketing and tech jobs on a Twitter account. We have job alerts which let the tech do the work for the job seeker - pushing matching jobs out to job seekers at their request. With this Twitter account, people can “follow” us and get updates in their Twitter feed.
It’s purely opt-in and we are sticking to this niche of jobs since this reflects the early-adopters who are on Twitter. If people find this valuable then we have plans to expand this service for people.
If you’re on Twitter you can follow us here @BaytJobs
I’m on Twitter too, so feel free to follow @danstuart
Let us know what you think through a DM on Twitter or in the comments here.
I Can Draw Contest - We Have A Winner!
Update
The first finished video from our content winner Wassim Dardari is here http://www.bayt.com/en/video/
Original Post
It’s been a great week…but tough too.
Back in January we launched our I Can Draw Video Contest to crowdsource video content for Bayt.com. The idea was that we wanted video content for Bayt.com that would help our users better understand our role in the recruitment process so that they get the most out of Bayt.com. Also, a series of explanation videos will help the visual/auditory learner. With over 70,000 daily visitors to Bayt.com and 100’s of employers using our site each day we definitely have a diverse user group.
Because we had never done this before, we started the contest not knowing what we would get. What we did know is that we have a huge group of users from the creative fields so we spoke directly to them. We asked for their help. We needed their help so we could help our users in turn.
Bayt.com to launch first pan-regional Virtual Job Fair in Middle East recruitment drive
Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, announced today that it will be hosting a pan-regional Virtual Job Fair (VJF), in a region-wide drive to address the Middle East’s growing levels of unemployment. The VJF, which will be operational on the Bayt.com website, will run for five days between March 22nd and 26th, 2009 and will offer both employers and job seekers from across the entire Middle East a convenient and hassle-free opportunity to interact.
The pan-regional VJF is the fifth online job fair organized and run by Bayt.com, and follows from highly successful versions over the past year including in the UAE, Jordan, Kuwait and KSA. A total of 99,000 job seekers have participated in the previous four Virtual Job Fairs.
Sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, the organization leading Qatar’s drive to become a knowledge-based society through education and learning, and in conjunction with media partner The Peninsula and Al Sharq; the pan-regional VJF will focus on effectively connecting qualified job seekers with the best-fit career opportunities around the Middle East region.
Helping Dubai’s Unemployed Find Jobs in Dubai - One Person At A Time
A few days ago we announced that we would be providing free CV consulting and lunch for unemployed job seekers on the common area outside our head office in Dubai Internet City.
You read stories from news sources that cover the globe. You hear the numbers but you rarely meet the people. Dubai has been no stranger to these stories about Jobs in Dubai, though the actual numbers are a little more difficult to come by. A few weeks back we decided that we can just read the numbers, or we can help the people affected. We chose to help the job seekers who have been the life-blood of Bayt.com for almost 9 years now.
We have done 2 sessions so far, with 8 more to go, and we have already come face-to-face with over 140 job seekers. I personally met 10 job seekers today for one-on-one CV consultation sessions. While I respected the challenges of the situation that many found themselves in - whether they were entry-level, senior managers, or all levels in between - I was also deeply impressed by the quality of people who are now looking for Jobs in Dubai. For companies currently growing headcount and/or looking to engage in a drive for quality, there is a wealth of talent in the market right now looking for Jobs in Dubai.
Bayt.com launches free CV consultation-clinic for the region’s unemployed, in unique unemployment support program initiative
Program is launched in response to growing unemployment rates in the region, following effects of global economic downturn
Bayt.com, the region’s number one jobsite, has reiterated its commitment to improving the employment situation in the Middle East and addressing the challenge of growing unemployment in the region, by offering unemployed professionals a free walk-in CV consultation and advice session.
Between February 15th and February 26th, a team of five Bayt.com professionals including senior executive managers, will be available during the lunchtime period of 12 to 2pm; for unemployed professionals to bring a copy of their CV for an intensive free 15-minute consultation on its merits and shortcomings.
The sessions are co-sponsored by Dubai Internet City where the sessions will be conducted and in addition, a free lunch for the attendees will be provided by Biryani Express.
Rabea Ataya, CEO of bayt.com explained the reasons behind the community outreach endeavor. He said; “We all have an obligation to the communities we live in and I see no more valuable CSR program than one that capitalizes on what we do best; with a free and simple service that will be useful for these jobseekers well into the future.”
