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At what age do people usually begin to work in the MENA region?

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Question added by Dana Adel , Sales Representative , Karmalite
Date Posted: 2015/08/11
HASSAN ALFAIFI
by HASSAN ALFAIFI , فني مختبر , جامعة

Usually they start in small works at the age of ١٨.

then after age22 they get the appropriate works.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

The answer to this question is it depends on the exposure a person has been brought up with or to, education and obviously their capabilities. 

Labeeb Ali Mohammed Shaher
by Labeeb Ali Mohammed Shaher , مدير التدريب والتوظيف / مدرب أول , مؤسسة اليمن للتدريب بهدف التوظيف

I agree with HASSAN ALFAIFI

Zaid Amer
by Zaid Amer , Academic Director , SIST British University

Are we talking legally or en general? 

As stated by our members here, its18 years old and above, however, most MENA countries suffer from early child labor issues, and you should check UNICEF of  any nonprofitable organisation to get the correct numbers.

 

Wasiq Ghazanfar -  ACCA
by Wasiq Ghazanfar - ACCA , Senior Accountant , Dawaam

Blue Collar workers usually start working during age of18-22 but white collar workers normally start their professional life at the age of24-26 in MENA region.

Rushd Momani
by Rushd Momani , Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst , CVT (The Center for Victims of Torture)

If you refer to the "legal age" to work (regardless of type of work) it's18 in most of the MENA countries. However, if you talk about career work or professional jobs, it's usually after finishing college or university, so roughly speaking it's somewhere between20 -23 (considering that the one spends2-5 years studying).

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