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Report exposes HR challenges for Saudis

A new research shows that Saudi Arabia will need to employ 2.5 million more Saudi nationals in its public sector if it wants to materialize the goals it has set in its Vision 2030 plan.

A new research shows Saudi Arabia has exposed the weaknesses that Saudi Arabia faces in terms of its workforce to implement its ambitious Vision 2030 economic development strategy.

The research carried out by Oxford Consulting Group says the kingdom will need to employ 2.5 million more Saudis than are currently employed in the sector within the next decade.

It also emphasizes that most of the projected 8 million workers needed for the implementation of Vision 2030 have not even entered the labor force yet, meaning that there is a strong need for education and training provision.

The research by Oxford Consulting Group has urged Saudi Arabia to improve its strategies over the management of human resources and build the Saudi workforce needed in private sector jobs.

It added that better human resources management can contribute $6.4 billion to the kingdom’s gross domestic product (GOP), the research says as cited by arabianbusiness.com. 

Oxford’s recommendations come as the Saudi government releases its own figures showing that expats are dominating the private sector labor market, with 8.9 million expat workers compared to 1.8 million Saudis.

Saudi nationals therefore represent just 16.7 percent of the labor force in the private sector, again demonstrating the scale of the challenge facing government, added the report by arabianbusiness.com.

Meanwhile, a report by Saudi Arabia’s Thought Manufacturing for Studies and Research Center has found that at least 64 percent of Saudis prefer to work in the government sector than the private sector.

The study has found that only 27 percent of citizens said they would rather prefer to work in the private sector, while 9 percent would rather work in non-profit organizations.


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