Saudi Arabia’s plans for economic reform foresee winding down ‘jobs for life’ in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in a dynamic private sector. That’s the theory, at least. But in the short term, there is a problem: 2016 is set to be an abysmal year for job creation. Public spending is being slashed and growth forecasts for oil and non-oil portions of the private sector are gloomy. A tough market awaits first-time job seekers in the world’s largest oil exporter, where “employment week” fairs are currently helping to pitch some 400,000 graduates to prospective employers. For Nezzar, 26, who will finish a master’s program in computer systems at a U.S. university in May, the scale of the problem became […]