The first 2005 meeting of the Management Forum, organized by the Fulbright Commission, was recently hosted at the US Ambassador's residence in Garden City. Sherif Samy, skill-link.com's Chairman was the guest speaker of the event, attended by Egyptian MBA graduates of US and UK universities in addition to a number of senior executives and CEOs.

Sherif Samy's presentation "Job & Employment Trends in Egypt 2005 – 2010" addressed the current employment and salary trends and how fragmented the Egyptian job market is. He also demonstrated how difficult it is to derive salary averages for any function or industry due
to having significant disparities between various company types (public sector, small private sector, large private sector and joint ventures, multinationals etc…). He then outlined some of the hottest jobs and industry in the Egyptian job market today and where the prospects lie. In the final part of Sherif Samy's presentation, the great opportunities to create tens of thousands of jobs through hosting jobs migrating from industrialized countries through offshore services outsourcing were demonstrated. The event was concluded by a dinner hosted by H.E. US Ambassador David Welch.