Young Saudis seeking opportunity

Saudi Arabia has been re-engineering its labor market faster than almost any other large economy. For a young Saudi, the headline numbers are the unemployment rate, the new training pathways into tech and AI, and whether private-sector employers — both local and the multinationals now headquartered in Riyadh — are hiring people like you. The trajectory has been steeply favorable. The question for the next five years is whether the absorption capacity can keep up with a young population's expectations.