Notes from both benches
Sharp reads on Gulf oil & gas hiring and the region's growing finance centres.
Building a finance bench for DIFC, ADGM and QFC
Why a UK-and-India sourcing model fits Gulf finance hiring better than either market alone.
Why sector specialists outperform generalist recruiters in the Gulf
A recruiter who knows the sector asks better questions before the first candidate is ever sourced. What that looks like in oil & gas and finance hiring.
Risk and treasury hiring across the Gulf: what's changed
Regulatory expectations have tightened across the Gulf's finance centres — and risk and treasury hiring has changed with them.
Vision 2030 and the finance talent it's pulling into Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 build-out needs a finance function it hasn't had to build at this scale before.
DIFC, ADGM and QFC: how the Gulf's finance centres actually differ
The three names get used almost interchangeably in job specs. They shouldn't be.
The career case for moving to the Gulf
Compensation is the obvious reason to move to the Gulf. It's rarely the strongest one.
Engineering talent and the Gulf's next infrastructure wave
Oil & gas engineering talent is increasingly built for more than oil & gas. What that means for how we source it.
What Gulf employers are actually screening for now
The Gulf hiring bar has moved. What employers are screening for now that they weren't five years ago.
Relocating to the Gulf: what a candidate needs to sort out first
Visas, housing, notice periods — what actually determines whether a Gulf relocation takes four weeks or three months.
Why India's technical bench keeps getting deeper
India produces one of the world's deepest technical talent pools. Here's what that depth actually looks like across finance and oil & gas mandates.