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Are online job sites helpful? 85% people think they are

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area is large, vibrant and diverse and attracts many young job seekers and recent graduates every year who rigorously compete for internships and entry level jobs.

In order to measure the market and availability of internships in the region, Bayt.com conducted a poll titled "Internships in the Middle East and North Africa", in which more than eight in 10 respondents (84.7 per cent) claimed that they are able to find many internship opportunities using online job sites.

Availability of internships

From the companies' perspective, more than four out of five (86.9 per cent) respondents claimed that their companies "always have interns", this was followed by a small number (5.4 per cent) who said they do have interns but "not always", 3.3 per cent said they don't have interns but are "planning to start", and only 4.4 per cent said they are "not interested" in having interns.

Nearly eight out of 10 respondents surveyed (78.1 per cent) said that there are "enough internship opportunities available" in the Middle East region. Only 21.9 per cent of respondents disagree with this statement. In fact, more than seven out of 10 respondents (73.1 per cent) found an internship in their country of residence "easily" as students, compared 26.9 per cent who felt that it was difficult to find an internship. There is always room for improvement, nonetheless. Almost all (98.8 per cent) of those surveyed believe companies should work with universities to create more internship programs, compared to just 1.2 per cent who disagreed.

Governments seem to have a big role as well. 97.4 per cent of those surveyed agreed that local governments should encourage and support developing internship programs, compared to just 2.6 per cent that disagreed.