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UAE 7th preferred location in the world for foreign assignments

18 Jun 2013

(MENAFN) Mercer’s, a human resources and financial consulting firm, information solutions leader for the Middle East, Nuno Gomes, stated that the UAE is the world’s seventh most popular destination for international assignments, reported The National.

Gomes also said that the top location preferred by companies to transfer staff overseas for a set period to was the USA. 55 percent of companies in the study said that they expect to increase business in the USA.

In second place came Brazil with 43 percent, followed by China’s 41 percent, Australia with 39 percent, and the United Kingdom and Mexico both standing at 28 percent. 23 percent of the companies said they expect to increase the number of assignments in the UAE.

It is woth noting that only 6.7 percent of companies surveyed stated that they intended to increase the number of assignments in Saudi Arabia and 2.2 percent in Qatar.

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