Business & Money | Wednesday 3 June, 2015 1:18 pm |

Bayt.com, the leading recruitment site in the Middle East, is working to empower entrepreneurs and start-ups in their business ventures by providing them with a Bayt.com Start Up Kit, 100% free of charge. Valued at over USD$1000, the kit offers start-ups access to Bayt.com’s database of over 20 million professionals, as well as to premium job postings and visibility to the 8 million Bayt.com monthly visitors.

"Start-ups in the Middle East are constantly looking to fill vacancies with top talent," said Suhail Masri, VP of Sales, Bayt.com "The Bayt.com Start-up program is designed to help new companies attract and hire some of the best talent in the region, and promote job creation within the start-up community. We're excited to launch this program in collaboration with several incubators and venture funds, as our mission at Bayt.com is to empower people with the tools and information to lead their lifestyle of choice. This kit provides premium recruitment tools at no cost, to support the formation and development of potentially successful companies."
The Bayt.com Start-up Kit includes:

1. Access to the premium Bayt.com CV Search, which allows employers to search Bayt.com’s database of over 20 million professionals
2. Three “Plus” Bayt.com Job Postings, which can be used to advertise job openings and brand to millions monthly visitors on Bayt.com
3. Access to social Bayt.com features like Bayt.com Specialties, where entrepreneurs can actively engage with jobseekers applying to their vacancies to better qualify how suitable they are for the role
“The package was specially designed by Bayt.com’s HR strategy experts to make it easier than ever before for entrepreneurs to hire quickly and efficiently,” continues Masri. “According to the Bayt.com “Recruitment Practices in the MENA” poll (May 2015), the three easiest ways to hire top candidates in the MENA are by searching through millions of CVs with an easy and quick search tool (according to 36.4%); by posting vacancies on a website accessible to millions of people (20.3%); and by engaging with specialists on professional networks (12.5%). Ultimately, the package empowers entrepreneurs with tools to use these three methods all in one go.”

"It's not easy hiring as a start-up when you are literally worrying about a million things," said Ammar Mardawi, CEO at Yaqut. "With Bayt.com, we don't have to worry about tracking applicants anymore. My team now works collaboratively to enrich candidate profiles with feedback like tags, notes, and attachments. We even sync scheduled interviews with our calendars! It couldn't be any easier to keep on top of our recruitment funnel as candidates pour in."

“As a start-up, time is very important to Websity.me," said Hussam Alikaj, CEO at Websity.me "Bayt.com has helped us save time by testing candidates with screening questionnaires automatically the minute they apply. Viewing candidate scores to our questions helps us assess candidates objectively. It's also fantastic that Bayt.com has a massive amount of members: the applications start piling in the minute we post a vacancy on Bayt.com."

Bayt.com is actively engaging with leading incubators and venture funds in the Middle East and North Africa to empower entrepreneurs and innovative start-ups with the Bayt.com Start Up package. The package, worth over $1,000, will help start-ups find and attract the talent they need to thrive and grow. The door is still open for leading incubators and funds who would like to tap into the Bayt.com Start-Up Package. To get in touch, please email startsup@bayt.com.

"For a start-up business, it is essential to quickly build a dedicated and passionate team," said Fares Ghandour, Investment Manager, MENA Venture Investments. "Bayt.com has been helping the Middle East's top companies to recruit for over 15 years, and we are excited to partner up with them to provide our entrepreneurs with premium hiring solutions."

"Building a startup is a difficult thing," said Ramez Mohamed, founder at Flat6Labs. "A very important part of building a successful business is hiring the right people from the start. Because of that, we're very excited to partner with Bayt.com to offer our entrepreneurs the Bayt.com Start Up package, which provides them with access to Bayt.com's leading recruitment solutions at absolutely no cost."
"In any start-up business, the team is the most important ingredient for success, and bringing on the right members into the start-up will significantly improves its ability to succeed," said Karim Samakie, Investment Manager at Oasis 500. "There is a great deal of talent in the region, and discovering this talent has become a very easy mission using efficient and simple tools such as Bayt.com."