Bayt.com is fast proving that Middle Eastern companies mirror the rest of the world in their continually increasing needs to access wider candidate pools and reduce costs and time-to-hire. Statistics are providing substance to the success of online recruitment in the region with Bayt today citing over5,950 leading companies and a quarter-of-a-million job seekers registered. The numbers of Employer and Job Seeker successes are growing every day, here, some of them speak out in support of Bayt's unique recruitment solution.
Leading employers across the region are delighted with the success they have seen through online recruitment in reducing time to hire. "We were able to come-up with matches very quickly and cost-effectively through Bayt"; says Ned Jaroudi, Regional Enterprise Business Manager for Intel. "The filtering feature alone allowed us to identify, and recruit the most suitable candidates in record time. This meant that recruits were contributing to our bottom line within weeks as opposed to months!" Waqas Hussain, HR Manager of3M, similarly echoes these benefits; "Bayt allowed us to accelerate our recruitment process exponentially, at much lower costs, supported with world-class relationship management. We recently staffed a challenging position through Bayt.com in record time."
The global reach of the Internet also provides employers with near unlimited choice from an extensive pool of high caliber professionals. "We have hired twenty candidates and interviewed about300 applicants through Bayt. During that process, personally, I found that dealing with Bayt has added more value to our selection process as well as having exceeded our satisfaction"; states Talal Al Koud, Recruitment Manager for Olayan Financing. Mohammed Yousef, Human Resources Manager at Saudi Ericsson attests, "During the last few months we have been able to fill a large number of positions with Bayt.com. I therefore must say that the site gives a greater accessibility to a variety of candidates and so far the rate of success we have achieved through this site is100%."
Bayt's utilization of Internet technology also enables online recruitment a number of advantages when compared with traditional recruitment methods. "One of the best aspects of the service was the use of Bayt's system to communicate with candidates through e-mail and manage the entire hiring process online from anywhere outside the company, says Zaid Y. Al Zaid, Head of Recruitment Section for Saudi Aramco. "Management appreciated my ability to manage our recruitment from anywhere in the world."
Bayt's database of job seekers is rapidly growing at a rate of between500 new CVs daily. On average, bayt's dedicated feedback service receives over100 emails of praise each week from job seekers who have landed new jobs through the site. Tariq, an accountant based in Lebanon affirms, "I came to Bayt twice a week and every time it showed me how many companies had read my CV. After3 weeks of checking I finally got3 interviews - all on the same day!" Munir, an account manager based in the UAE purports; "I have been coming to Bayt every day to check the new jobs added. After4 weeks, I had applied to6 companies I finally got an interview with a great company. I now have a great job thanks to Bayt."
A major motivator for finding jobs online has been the ability to search for relevant jobs from the convenience of one's own desktop. Brula, a marketing executive based in the UAE summarizes, "I tried a number of different approaches to finding a job but I instantly liked the idea of using the Internet as it was convenient and I could apply to a lot of jobs from the comfort of my own home." Amna, a customer care executive in Dubai supports this praise, "What I really liked about Bayt was that it took minimal effort to apply for numerous vacancies and w ith the click of a button I was able to search through only relevant jobs, these were jobs that I had been looking for but couldn't find previously."
Ultimately, Bayt.com is proving that online recruitment not only works, but significantly enhances recruiting methods for both the company and the job seeker. Importantly, Bayt's unique technology has helped enable the human resource function in the region to evolve into a strategic focus within Middle Eastern companies that must aggressively compete for skilled talent. In line with this, human resource professionals desire access to a wide array of online tools, which help reduce hiring costs and increase the speed to hire cycle. Studies are revealing that online recruitment can lower total recruitment costs by an enormous90%* whilst also reducing time to hire by up to75%*, excellent results by any measure.
* When compared to traditional recruitment methods. (source: Forrester Research)