DOHA: Some 95 percent of the professionals surveyed in the Middle East North Africa (Mena) region, including Qatar, think that networking and maintaining relationships has been important to their career success, and more than half (50.2 percent) of respondents have a career mentor, according to a latest Bayt.com report.
Career success consists of a number of different components and insights from Mena professionals illustrate how closely connected these factors may be. But a few key elements prevail, as shown by a recent poll entitled “The Bayt.com Secrets of Career Success in the Mena” poll, conducted by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s leading career site.
Almost nine out of 10 (88.8 percent ) Mena professionals think that taking risks has been important in their career success; while, nearly one-third (29.1 percent) of respondents owe their career success mostly to hard work while far fewer chalk it up to intelligence (5.6 percent) or luck (3.6 percent). When asked about the biggest career mistake that a professional can make, nearly one-fifth (17.9 percent) of respondents said that poor ethics and integrity are most detrimental to one’s career. Other responses included neglecting to network (11.9 percent), hiring poor performers (7.4 percent), and not maintaining relationships (5.3 percent).
“It’s great to see that the overwhelming majority of people (95 percent) said that networking and building relationships both have been important to their career success,” said Suhail Masri, Vice-President, Employer Solutions, Bayt.com.
Aside from important career habits and skills, other elements of career success for Mena professionals have to do with their personal lives. The overwhelming majority (95.6 percent) of respondents say that their family has been important to their career success and nearly the same proportion (93.6 percent) say that exercise and physical fitness have also been important.
Education and learning, both prior to beginning a career as well as on the path to success, also seem to be important components. Nearly nine in 10 (89.1 percent) of Mena respondents think that their college education has been important to their career success and more than half continue to read books related to their career on either a daily basis (33.2 percent) or on a weekly basis (20.3 percent).
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