UAE construction recruitment on the increase

Further signs of a general recovery in construction are coming from the recruitment sector, which reports that companies are looking to increase their staff numbers.

Experts report that the UAE, and Dubai in particular, has suffered the most in terms of a recruitment decline, but the GCC as a whole appears to be stabilising.

“A lot of clients who put recruitment on hold are now preparing their budgets for 2010 and hiring. Infrastructure work is still going ahead, so it’s certainly busier now than it was eight or nine months ago,” said Budge Recruitment general manager Nigel Walker.

Recruitment in construction is down overall on previous years but the market is beginning to recover.

“The UAE construction sector has seen a significant decline in the last year and therefore hiring levels are much reduced from previous, pre-recession levels. Having said that, signs of new growth are certainly showing, which is very positive,” said Manpower Middle East managing director Patrick Luby.