From head huntingto recruitment at scale.
Permanent, executive, outsourced or fractional. Emirati and expat. All your talent needs in one place, wrapped around expert guidance from people who have hired on the client side.
Why companies
work with us.
Five ways our approach differs from a standard recruitment agency.
Recruitment is not an administrative task. We build our understanding of the business and how the role fits within its strategy before we search.
We recruit both using dedicated sourcing strategies, with an in-house team of Emiratis and expats.
Strong at sourcing in the UAE and equally capable of finding talent abroad with a strong international network across all continents.
Our people have actual industry experience, so they know which talent to shortlist rather than comparing a job description to a CV.
We do not stop at what is being sourced. We help shape talent plans that fit our client's strategy.
Four ways to hire.
Pre-screened database, local and international networks, AI-assisted search and consultants who know the sector.
Best for normal hiring requirementsPartner-led search for C-suite, leadership and board roles, with senior Emirati candidates available through RUKN.
Best for C-suite, leadership, board and committees, and sensitive rolesYour recruitment function run by HR Engine under your brand, with SLAs, reporting and a lower cost per hire.
Best for cost efficiency, growth phases and Emiratisation drivesCFOs, CHROs, CTOs and General Counsel from our senior bench, with Emirati executives through RUKN, contracted through us.
Best for gaps, transitions and cost efficiency with expertise intact or higherTalent sourcing
Permanent and contract recruitment across every level.
Permanent and contract hiring for fresh grad to C-suite roles. We do not rely only on job boards. Every search draws on our pre-screened candidate database, our local network built over decades, and our international partner network. AI tools extend the reach of the search and the screening but there is also a human in the loop with the right expertise to make the judgement calls.
Candidates we have already interviewed, Emirati and expat, across multiple sectors and functions.
Direct relationships across the UAE market, built by consultants who have worked in it.
International partner network for roles that need talent from abroad.
UAE Nationals and expats searched together. Emiratisation built in.
- Pre-screened candidate database
- Direct approach to named individuals
- Local and international networks
- AI search across platforms and talent pools
- Automated screening and matching against the brief
- Outreach at a scale a single recruiter cannot reach
- Consultant interviews and assessment
- Cultural fit and motivation, checked in person
- Offer, negotiation and onboarding
Workshop on the roles, how these enable our client's strategy, compensation and what good looks like. We provide honest and market-based insights to define the roles better along with compensation packages.
Database, network, job boards and direct approach in parallel. Fast market feedback and structured status updates.
We provide only pre-screened candidates with our notes and salary expectations, saving considerable time for our clients.
Offer and counter-offer handling, onboarding support, regular check-ins to ensure the employee is providing the expected value.
Executive search
Led by partners with leadership experience.
Confidential, research-led search for C-suite, senior leadership and board roles. Executive search is not an administrative process. Senior candidates expect to speak with someone who has operated at their level, and our partners have. Every search is run by a partner from the first conversation, with access to senior Emirati leaders through RUKN.
Replace an incumbent or hire ahead of an announcement without the market knowing.
Partners with leadership experience take the brief, run the search and sit in every interview.
Senior UAE Nationals for executive and board roles, through RUKN.
Structured interviews, referencing and leadership assessment where useful.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Lower your recruitment cost and increase efficiency with HR Engine.
Our recruiters embedded in your business, running hiring as a function. Your brand, your systems, our people and process. Scale up for a growth phase, a new site or an Emiratisation push, scale down when it is done.
Add recruiting capacity for your desired timeframe with no permanent headcount.
Reduce or avoid FTE in-house recruitment cost and full agency fees.
One team, one process, agreed SLAs on time to shortlist and offer.
Candidates deal with your company, not an agency.
Pipeline and conversion reporting monthly. The data stays with you.
A dedicated Emirati pipeline inside your own process.
Planned hires in the next 12 months
Illustrative. Assumes an average salary of AED 240k and a 15 percent agency fee. In-house assumes one recruiter handling 15 positions a year at AED 360k, keeping in mind that expertise is then limited to a single recruiter rather than a full team. We model your actual numbers in the diagnostic.
A new office, a contract win, a graduate intake, an Emiratisation target. We size the team to the plan and stand it down when it is delivered.
Ongoing, with a fixed monthly fee, SLAs and a quarterly plan review. Your HR team gets out of recruiting and back to people.
Your team runs leadership and specialist hires. We take volume, early careers and Emirati pipelines under your brand.
Two weeks on your hiring plan, process, systems and Emiratisation targets.
Team size, SLAs, reporting and process map. A fixed fee against the plan.
Our recruiters on site or hybrid, in your ATS and email, from month two.
Weekly pipeline reviews, monthly dashboards, quarterly plan reviews.
Fractional executives
Senior executives, on a part-time basis.
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.
A 25 year CFO at a fraction of a full-time package.
Shortlist in days, in the business within two to three weeks.
Senior UAE Nationals additionally available through RUKN.
Stabilise the function, then hire permanently with a clear brief.
Compare the cost
Illustrative. Fractional costs are day-rate based and carry no visa, benefits, notice or end-of-service liabilities.
Map the scope, the responsibilities, the expected profiles, time commitment and budget. Either for unfilled positions, or existing positions to be made fractional.
Top candidates from our network, with our assessment of fit, provided within five working days.
Day rate or monthly retainer, contracted through HR Engine, 30 day notice both sides.
Monthly check-ins with you and the executive. Extend, convert to permanent or wind down.
The sectors and functions
we recruit for.
Eight sectors and eight functional areas, graduate to C-suite, Emirati and expat.
Industries
Functions
Let's talk.
Tell us about the role or the hiring plan. We will come back within two working days with how we would approach it.
HR Engine by Khashaba
Khashaba L.L.C-FZ, Business Centre 1, Meydan Hotel, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
info@yourhrengine.com