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BAYT.com

Bayt.com is a job search and recruitment platform in the Middle East and North Africa[1][2][3] founded in 2000 in Dubai.[4][5]

Bayt.com
Company typeplatform
IndustryRecruiting
Founded2000
FounderRabea Ataya (CEO), Mona Ataya (CMO), Akram Assaf (CTO), Dany Farha (COO)
Area served
Middle East and North Africa regions
Websitewww.bayt.com

The company has operations across 11 locations like Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Doha, Eastern Province, Jeddah, Riyadh, and Lahore, with headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

History

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Bayt.com was founded in 2000 in Dubai.[6] In 2001, the Arabic version of Bayt.com was launched[7][8] Later, in May, the company opened three offices: Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Eastern Province.Bayt.com opened 2 more offices located in Kuwait and Bahrain to expand of the region's employment market, and in May of the same year, the Jeddah office was opened[9] In October 2002, Rabea Ataya, CEO of Bayt.com, was awarded the 2002 Arabian Business “e-Entrepreneur of the Year” award and recognized by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

In 2003, Bayt.com set up operations in Iraq. In December of that year, the company launched BaytLearning, the region's first comprehensive online resource for training, seminars, conferences, workshops, and general facilities for employees and organizations.[10] In 2004, the service launched expert CV and cover letter writing assistance. The service offers expert CV and cover letter writing assistance, from professional career consultants.[11]

In December 2006, Bayt.com received the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for “Best Website in the UAE” at the 2006 UAE Web Awards.[12]

In July 2010, the service created the region's first online salary calculator.[13] Within the same year, the company launched a subsidiary, Talentera, a cloud-based and on-premise human resource (HR) for small, medium-sized and large companies.[14]

In 2011, Bayt.com was identified as one of the UAE's top 10 companies to work for the first time in four consecutive years and claimed double accolades at SME Advisor Stars of Business Awards 2011.[15][16]

In March 2012, the company relaunched the platform with enhanced functions, a mobile application, CV builder, as well as, new job search tracking and CV-analysis tools.[17]

In June 2013, the company launched an online platform for HR professionals with a similar to Linkedin functionality.[18][19] In 2014, the company was selected by the World Economic Forum together with two other UAE companies (Al Hilal Bank and Air Arabia) as Global Growth Companies.[20][21]

In 2019, the company released a new product, Evalufy, a candidate evaluation platform that uses AI video insights and customized assessments, to help recruiters find a worker.[22][23][24]

In 2022, Bayt.com partnered with Mercer to create a software that enables employers to test more than 3,000 skills and learn exact salary information before making a hiring decision.[25][26]

Bayt.com, together with YouGov, are authors in a number of researches in the HR and recruiting spheres.[27][28][29][30]

Products

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Bayt.com Inc. launches products such as Talentera,[31] a recruitment suite of tools to source, track, assess, and hire the best talent, that helps employers find suitable candidates; AfterHire,[32] an onboarding software that helps organizations reduce employee turnover, achieve higher productivity, and Evalufy[33], a candidate evaluation platform with an AI suite of insights and analytics tools that help employers make data-driven decisions and understand their talent markets better.

References

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  2. ^ باغ, دبي-بشار. "سوق العمل الإماراتي مرتفع التنافسية والإنتاجية". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ ""بيت.كوم": 62 % من المهنيين في الإمارات يفضلون تأسيس أعمالهم الخاصة". Al Khaleej (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  4. ^ Ataya, Rabea (2019-11-01). "The CEO of Bayt.com on Building an Internet Culture Where There Is No Internet". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  5. ^ Nair, Arya M. "Aramex sells its data technology firm InfoFort for $91mn to Iron Mountain - GCC Business News". www.gccbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Ataya, Rabea (2019). "The CEO of Bayt.com on Building an Internet Culture Where There Is No Internet". HBR.
  7. ^ "Bayt.com develops Arabic version". ArabianBusiness.
  8. ^ "بيت.كوم يستضيف معرض بيت.كوم الافتراضي لماجستير إدارة الأعمال في الفترة الممتدة ما بين 27 و30 أكتوبر". دنيا الوطن (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  9. ^ "Bayt.com opens Jeddah office". Arabian Business. 8 May 2002.
  10. ^ "BaytLearning Comes Online". Arab News. 2003-12-23. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ Ingham, David (17 Feb 2004). "Bayt introduces CV writing service". Arabian Business.
  12. ^ "Winners of UAE Web Awards 2006 honoured". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  13. ^ "Bayt.com launches first e-salary calculator". Trade Arabia. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  14. ^ Mansoor, Zainab (2020-01-21). "Bayt.com to grow its global workforce". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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  17. ^ "Bayt.com revamps website with new features". www.tradearabia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  18. ^ Dubais, Fatma Al (2015-09-14). "Bayt.com Specialties primary regional hub for career networking". Saudigazette. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  19. ^ Ataya, Lama (2015-09-13). "Branding Your Company Helps You Attract Better Quality Talent: Seven Steps To Cultivating A Good Employer Image". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  20. ^ Kapur, Shuchita. "WEF's Global Growth Companies: 3 UAE firms on list - News - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  21. ^ Sambidge, Andy (3 Oct 2014). "Six Gulf firms named WEF global growth companies". Arabian Business.
  22. ^ "Bayt.com Debuts Candidate Video Assessment Platform, Evalufy | Online Marketplaces". www.onlinemarketplaces.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  23. ^ Tahboub, Omar (2019-07-07). "The How-To: Fostering A Learning Environment In Your Enterprise". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  24. ^ Mansoor, Zainab (2020-01-21). "Bayt.com to grow its global workforce". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  25. ^ "Software helps firms make hiring decisions". tradearabia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  26. ^ Sadaqat, Rohma; Times, Khaleej. "UAE salaries to increase amid competitive landscape". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  27. ^ "Mena professionals 'like to have formal career training'". Trade Arabia. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  28. ^ Nair, Deepthi (2022-10-12). "Majority of UAE employees optimistic about career prospects for 2023". The National. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  29. ^ Zouiten, Sara (24 Oct 2022). "Report: Work-Life Balance is a "Myth" for 52% of MENA Employees". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  30. ^ اليوم, دبي-الإمارات. "%53 من المهنيين في الإمارات يتوقعون زيادة الرواتب خلال 2023". Emarat Al Youm (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  31. ^ News, Staff Writer-Morocco World. "Online Job Recruitment: Bayt.com Opens Office in Morocco". www.moroccoworldnews.com/. Retrieved 2023-05-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  32. ^ "5 Must-Have Tools to Power Remote Hiring & Onboarding Amid COVID-19 | vFairs". www.vfairs.com. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  33. ^ Mansoor, Zainab (2020-01-21). "Bayt.com to grow its global workforce". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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