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Outsized : Talent-on-Demand platform reveals the skills most in demand in the MENA region in 2022
The findings from Outsized ’ s talenton-demand report highlight the sectors making the most use of flexible talent models and the skills of the future to address the growing skills gap in the region .
Outsized , a talent-on-demand platform , has seen a surge of independent skilled consultants signing up to the platform and an increase in demand from enterprises moving to more agile and flexible workforce models . The findings uncovered in the Talent-on-Demand 2022 report , based on proprietary data collected from Outsized ’ s platform , summarise thousands of data points on client demand and talent skills . The findings from the report also revealed the Middle East as one of the fastest growing regions in terms of growth in the new freelance economy .
As the MENA region continues to consciously move away from oil dependence , Digital Transformation and automation are taking centre stage and are being widely hailed as the Fourth Industrial Revolution – along with data being christened as the ‘ new oil ’. Governments are investing significantly in skills development and infrastructure to support this move . One of the initiatives implemented by the government termed UAE Industry 4.0 , aims to transform UAE into a globally competitive , productive , and sustainable sector at the cutting edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution .
To run an agile organisation and to succeed in highly competitive markets , businesses need to have a sharper focus on skillset management . To achieve this , organisations are taking to managing a distributed and virtual workforce while integrating freelancers into their teams to make use of skilled talent from across the globe , increase cost savings , reduce the businesses ’
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