JEDDAH: Recent statistics from Bab Rizq Jameel for female employment showed that the rate of success among Saudi women in job interviews was only 12 percent.
The statistics showed that low rate was not due to a lack of competency but to a lack of knowledge about how to market themselves.
Afrah Mousa of Bab Rizq Jameel said: “We brought three experts in a certain sector to hold a series of direct short interviews. The interviews were not longer than two minutes and those who passed were offered immediate employment. Even though approximately 150 girls were interviewed, only 18 succeeded.”
She went on to explain how this problem would be solved. “Those who didn’t succeed will be trained on how to prepare for job interviews,” she said.
Mousa said the strategic goal in these quick interviews was to break the anxiety barrier and contribute to helping girls be able to market their skills and get suitable jobs.
She emphasized that some of the failures had nothing to do with the lack of competency but rather to a lack of knowledge of how to market themselves and their skills.
She pointed out that the structure of job interviews had changed; they are no longer interviews which take over an hour. Many companies have moved toward short interviews that last only for a few minutes because they show the sharpness and basic skills of the interviewee in record time.
Human resources expert Sami Al-Dikin said when women are interviewed, it appears that most of them have not prepared correctly for the interview in addition to lack of preparation for surprising questions.
According to a jobs website, lack of preparation is one of the 10 errors that many job applicants commit and that in order to overcome this, they need to train well on possible answers and how to express them.
The statistics showed that low rate was not due to a lack of competency but to a lack of knowledge about how to market themselves.
Afrah Mousa of Bab Rizq Jameel said: “We brought three experts in a certain sector to hold a series of direct short interviews. The interviews were not longer than two minutes and those who passed were offered immediate employment. Even though approximately 150 girls were interviewed, only 18 succeeded.”
She went on to explain how this problem would be solved. “Those who didn’t succeed will be trained on how to prepare for job interviews,” she said.
Mousa said the strategic goal in these quick interviews was to break the anxiety barrier and contribute to helping girls be able to market their skills and get suitable jobs.
She emphasized that some of the failures had nothing to do with the lack of competency but rather to a lack of knowledge of how to market themselves and their skills.
She pointed out that the structure of job interviews had changed; they are no longer interviews which take over an hour. Many companies have moved toward short interviews that last only for a few minutes because they show the sharpness and basic skills of the interviewee in record time.
Human resources expert Sami Al-Dikin said when women are interviewed, it appears that most of them have not prepared correctly for the interview in addition to lack of preparation for surprising questions.
According to a jobs website, lack of preparation is one of the 10 errors that many job applicants commit and that in order to overcome this, they need to train well on possible answers and how to express them.
