Private sector job dropout rates decline as salary rates increase
Amlak- Follow-ups
A survey report conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Makkah revealed a decrease in the dropout rate among the ranks of young men and women joining the private sector, and this decrease came in conjunction with the increase in salary rates, which is still faced with the challenge of its inability to adapt to the size of work pressures, according to the opinion of job leavers.

Rising salary rates
According to the survey conducted on about 22 companies that participated in the third career track of the Makkah Chamber, which has been held since last year on a semi-monthly basis, the percentage was estimated at about 40 percent compared to the same period last year, which was estimated at 45-50 percent. A board member who oversees the career path project said: ”We conducted the survey on about 22 companies that participated in the third career path organized by the Makkah Chamber the first yesterday for young people, and the survey included a large category of young people who applied for jobs.” He pointed out that despite the high salary ceiling rates in most of the jobs offered, which are estimated at an average of 3.5-4.5 thousand riyals as a minimum, work pressures are still the biggest challenge for employers, from whom those who join their jobs drop out, arguing that the salaries, despite their high average compared to what was the case before, according to their point of view, do not match the size and work pressures they face at the beginning of their path.


Hundreds of jobs
Kansara explained that the participating companies offered about 1200 jobs in various fields, including hotel, service, architectural, security and engineering, and that the number of young people applying for these jobs amounted to about two thousand young people, pointing out that in this forum they witnessed great participation by companies working in the field of hotel, construction and reconstruction, especially those that have new development projects currently being implemented in the Holy Capital.

Kansara estimated the percentage of job offers in the field of hospitality and hotel services as the highest among the percentage of jobs offered for occupation, noting that its percentage among other jobs amounted to about 60 percent, followed by security jobs, and then the types of those jobs graduated to specialized jobs in the field of engineering, which is one of the major jobs included in the career path.

Kansara continued: “Despite the great need to fill the jobs at the companies, we do not expect that the number of applicants, despite the high number of applicants this time, and we hope to fill the need for 400 male jobs at the moment, especially since we hope that there will be more compatibility between the companies” need for jobs and the suitability of scientific qualifications to fill them, and the desire of young people also in the quality of those jobs.“