A new survey by Bayt.com, the region’s leading job site, reveals that a majority of Mena (Middle East and North Africa) professionals; numerically 91% of them feel positive about 2023, while 88% have made resolutions for the new year.
Career-related resolutions for 2023 include finding a new job (56 per cent), learning new skills at work (21 per cent), getting a promotion or a salary raise (20%) and improve relationships with colleagues and managers (3%).
The survey had also found that most professionals are focused on improving aspects that have a direct impact on the quality of their lives.
Among professionals who are making personal resolutions, popular ones are saving money (63%), exercising and following a healthy diet (18%), spending more time with friends and family (14%) and taking more vacations (5%).The New Year’s Resolutions Poll 2023 was collected online from November 2 to December 4, 2022.
Results are based on a sample of 2,988 respondents from countries also including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Sudan among others.