Qatar’s public, private sectors employ over 7,000 citizens in 2022

A total of 7,127 jobs were created across Qatar’s public and private sectors in 2022, figures released Monday by the Ministry of Labour and Civil Service and Government Development Bureau showed.
The data also highlights the ratio of female to male hires, the most in-demand sectors in the country, and many more insights.
The public sector created the most job opportunities over the past year with over 5,000 citizens hired. New positions were predominately filled by women who made up 69% of new hires. Within the government sector, the top hiring entities were the Primary Healthcare Cooperation, the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Hamad Medical Corporation. However, the most job opportunities were provided by the Ministry of Municipality, the Supreme Judiciary Council and the General Authority of Customs.
Meanwhile, in the private sector, 1,850 Qatari citizens were hired. Male employees made up 52% of new hires and female candidates represented 48%. Within the private sector, specialties that saw the most demand were business management, engineering and accounting. In the private sector as well, Qatari citizens were most hired in the financial and insurance sector, followed by the energy and industry sector. Top hiring private entities include Qatar National Bank, QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Airways, and Ooredoo.
Last year saw a great deal of investment in the National Employment Platform, Kawader, with upgrades made to facilitate the employment of Qataris looking for work. These include:
Allowing Qatari employees to search for new roles in the portal to ensure continuous professional development
Provision of remote, free-of-charge e-training platform to help job seekers acquire essential skills for future employment
Enabling job seekers to apply for a maximum of five jobs at once to ensure greater engagement in the role from candidates
Matching job opportunities with job seekers’ qualifications and interests.
Reflecting on the 2022 recruitment statistics, Mohamed Salem al-Khulaifi, Private Sector Recruitment Expert in the Ministry of Labour, added: “2022 saw an increase in roles created in the private sector rising from 394 roles in 2021 to 1850 in 2022. This reflects the commitment of Qatar’s private sector to cooperate with the Ministry of Labour and the shared belief in the role of Qatar’s youth in advancing their country.”
Dhabya Al-Buainain, Director of the National Human Resources Development Department, Civil Service and Governmental Development Bureau, said: “2022 was a great year for the recruitment market in the State of Qatar. It has welcomed many new employees who are enriching our government and helping to fulfil Qatar National Vision 2030. At CSGDB, we have focused on Qatarisation to bring in the best talent, something we have achieved through a range of tools, including the expansions of Kawader and a government scholarship programme. As we enter 2023, we look forward to welcoming more new recruits in across government entities.”
Human development, which is deemed one of the most crucial pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030, aims to achieve several objectives such as allocating broad investments in certification and training programmes by public and private institutions, creating high quality training opportunities for all citizens that corresponds to their ambitions and abilities, and providing training programmes that address the needs of the current and future labour market.