If you are not Saudi … forget about working in these professions in the Kingdom (report)

Now there are jobs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where no foreign worker is allowed to work, and the so-called localization of Saudi professions as it is only limited to local Saudi workers.

This concept appeared in 1975 when unemployment spread among Saudis, and the government noted the presence of 3 foreign workers for one Saudi worker in the Kingdom, leading to the issuance of a decision in 2018 to assign 12 of the Saudis to a radical solution to the unemployment problem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Human Resources announced the localization of the teaching and legal profession in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as announced by the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, and the decision was issued accompanied by some other decisions, including the participation of university students in the labor market in leisure or vacation times, as well as The contribution was approved in the initiative to improve the contractual relationship and weigh the balance of Saudi contractors, and many other decisions that we will learn above, according to the ministry statement.

The Saudi Arabian Minister of Human Resources also announced work on the formulation of a labor market strategy in private sector establishments, and this is done through various workshops in order to ensure the development of the labor market environment in Saudi Arabia, and raise the Professional Skills to be in line with the requirements of the global labor market, targeting during which all sectors, professions and activities will be invested, and all opportunities will be invested to empower the country’s people at work , in relation to which the decision will be made to relocate the legal profession in addition to the location of the teaching profession.

The statement also mentioned the number of Saudi men and women who entered the labor market in January 2021, as their number exceeded 28,000 young men and women, through the Hadaf centers and the “Taqat” centers of employment and employment support and empowerment programs. It also included his contribution to the improvement of the contractual relationship. And the weight of contracting with Saudi citizens, and these emiratization initiatives and programs in 2019 and 2020 achieved good results, and about 420,000 Saudi citizens and citizens entered the labor market, and now here is the highlight that the Minister said of Human Resources after the meeting of the National Committee for Consulting Professions and the National Committee of Contractors in the kingdom.

We offer you a directory of professions restricted to Saudis:

The tourism sector, the gold and jewelery sector, some shopping centers and the entire telecommunications sector have been saudised in addition to

• Shoe and watch stores
• All stationery stores and school canteens
• Cell phone stores
• All women’s clothing stores and men’s and children’s clothing stores will also be added to stores that sell women’s and men’s fabrics.
• Paints, building materials and plumbing
• Education
• The Law Firm
• Receptionist, Staff Clerk, Time Clerk and Patient Receptionist, Complaint Clerk
• Personnel managers, as well as human resource managers in all government and private establishments, and human relations managers.
• All private security guards are customs agents.
• Customer counter.
• The job of a cashier.