Thursday, March 09, 2006

Demand for finance professionals grows


Dubai: Rapid growth of the Gulf region's banking and financial services industry is fuelling demand for finance professionals and boosting their salaries, according to figures from leading recruitment website GulfTalent.com.

During the last quarter of 2005, "banking" was the single most popular keyword searched for by job seekers online, while other related keywords included insurance, finance, risk, compliance, Takaful and "private equity". Overall one in every eight online job searches was related to the banking sector, according to GulfTalent.com.

The news comes against a background of rising salaries in the Gulf's financial sector.

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