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Doha and Dubai Top List of World’s Most Competitive Job Markets
A study of LinkedIn job postings shows candidates are flocking to the Middle East and Silicon Valley.
Commercial skyscrapers of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) on the skyline in Doha, Qatar.
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If you’re in the market for a new job, you’ll find the most competition in the Middle East and California’s tech hubs.
Doha, Dubai and San Francisco are among the places that had the highest number of candidates per LinkedIn job posting in February, according to a study from online resume builder Resume.io. To create its ranking, the company looked at 130 global cities and every US state and tracked how many applications were submitted to roles in the first week after they were advertised.