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2025 Hiring Trends in Middle East and Africa Market Report
MENA recruitment trends and challenges
Technology and AI are shaping the hiring trends in the Middle East and Africa.
Many teams are overwhelmed with irrelevant applications, manual CV screening, and growing pressure to move quickly while still finding the right talent. Their appetite to find solutions to optimize the process is increasing.
This is why Skatch created the 2025 Hiring Landscape Report. It captures how companies across the region are managing these challenges, the tools they are using, and what their biggest recruitment concerns are today.
The report also highlights key differences between markets like Egypt and the UAE, showing how hiring approaches shift depending on structure, sector, and company size. Whether you are looking to scale up your team or improve your hiring process, this report gives you a clear and practical view of what is working now.
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What the 2025 Hiring Trends Report reveals
This report shares insights from a 2025 survey that looked at how companies of different sizes and industries handle hiring.
It covers the main challenges they face, how they find candidates, how they screen them, and the tools they prefer to use.
The survey gathered responses from 200 employers and recruitment professionals. It gives a clear picture of how teams manage everything from sourcing large numbers of applicants to choosing the right candidates.
There is also a focus on the differences between markets, especially between Egypt and more structured places like the UAE.
WHAT'S INSIDE THE 2025 HIRING TRENDS REPORT?
Revealing why 60% of employers say hiring is stuck at the top of the funnel; and what they’re doing about it.
Discover some key hiring trends per type of job, specific markets, and industries.
Understand the recruitment dynamics in the Middle East and Africa from Social sourcing to AI-led selection.
See how regional hiring trends shape the future of work and why your hiring playbook might need a rethink.