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Talent is the only competitive advantage. Talent builds products, sets up processes, serves clients and protects companies from threats. We help our clients solve their talent needs, whether it is finding a needle in a haystack or hiring at scale to fuel growth.

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Talent Solutions

From head hunting to
recruitment at scale.

Permanent, executive, outsourced or fractional. Emirati and expat. All your talent needs in one place, wrapped around expert guidance.

Talent sourcing

Emirati and expat professionals across multiple industries and functions, from a pre-screened database and active head hunting. Every search is led by experts with actual industry experience.

  • Permanent
  • Contract
  • Graduate to senior
  • Emirati and expat
Executive search

Confidential head hunting for leadership and board roles, locally and globally. Every search is led at partner level by people with at least 15 years of experience. No juniors, from the first brief to onboarding.

  • C-suite
  • Board
  • Confidential
  • Local and global
RPO

Recruitment Process Outsourcing. Our recruiters embedded in your business, running hiring as a function with reporting, SLAs and employer branding. Scale up for a project, scale down after.

  • Embedded team
  • SLAs and reporting
  • Volume hiring
  • Project based
Fractional executives

Senior CFOs, CHROs, CTOs and General Counsel on a part-time basis, drawn from our senior bench and contracted through us. Emirati executives are additionally available through RUKN, our Expert Network.

  • CFO
  • CHRO
  • CTO
  • General Counsel
Why us
Consultative approach

Recruitment is not an administrative task. We build our understanding of the business and how the role fits within its strategy before we search.

Emirati and expat

We recruit both using dedicated sourcing strategies, with an in-house team of Emiratis and expats.

Local and global

Strong at sourcing in the UAE and equally capable of finding talent abroad with a strong international network across all continents.

Specialist pre-screening

Our people have actual industry experience, so they know which talent to shortlist rather than comparing a job description to a CV.

Beyond sourcing

We do not stop at what is being sourced. We help shape talent plans that fit our client's strategy.

Talent Solutions

Emiratisation

Meet your Emiratisation targets
with talent that stays.

Our business started with Emiratisation and it remains a core service offering. A deep network of Emirati candidates, non-traditional and more effective sourcing methods, and the Talent Cloud, a Northern Emirates model for cost optimisation and talent accessibility.

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0%Target for skilled private sector roles by end of 2026
0%Lower salary cost through Talent Cloud locations
Emirati recruitmentStrategyCost optimisationCareer planningGraduate programme design and operationsManpower planningOperating model transformationTalent CloudMentorshipLearning and developmentRetention support

Emiratisation

Emirati professionals in conversation
RUKN by HR Engine · Emirati Expert Network

RUKN, our network of
senior Emirati experts.

Rukn, the Arabic word for pillar. Former CEOs, CFOs, General Counsel and regulators, available to your business as board members, fractional executives and advisors. The only curated network of its kind in the UAE, giving you board credibility, government relations, client acquisition, and strategy. Vetted by us, matched by us, contracted through us.

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When companies call us
A board seat

An independent Emirati director for governance, regulators and partners.

A government contract

Tenders and client opportunities that weigh local leadership and ownership.

Navigating complex regulations

Someone who has sat inside the regulator and knows how the decision gets made.

A fractional executive

A CFO, CHRO or General Counsel on a flexible basis, without the full-time package.

Shaping company strategy

Local expertise at the strategy table to unlock growth in this market.

A mentor for Emirati talent

Senior Emiratis guiding your graduates and rising managers through their first years.

Consulting
StrategyHumanAIYOU

Connecting strategy,
people and AI.

Our framework connects strategy, people and AI into one operating model, ensuring that implementation does not suffer from the usual disconnect that causes such initiatives to fail.

  • Organisational transformation

    Operating model, organisation design, restructuring and workforce planning.

  • Technology and AI

    Practical technology and AI projects with a measurable return, and the ecosystem needed to support them.

  • Cost optimisation

    Workforce cost, structure and location decisions, including the Talent Cloud model.

  • Custom advisory

    A specific business challenge, requiring a tailored approach and creative problem solving.

Why us

We have sat on the client side so we go beyond the theory. We know how to navigate the actual challenges and internal politics that are inherent to such projects.

Our expertise

Industries and functions we cover

Industries

Energy
Tech and cybersecurity
Banking and financial services
Legal and professional services
Real estate and construction
Hospitality and retail
Healthcare
Defence
Manufacturing

Functions

Finance and audit
Legal and compliance
Human resources
Technology and data
Operations and supply chain
Sales and commercial
Marketing and communications
Executive and board

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