Ready to take your recruitment career international?
Join Halian as a Recruitment Consultant in Dubai and relocate from anywhere within the UK & EU to one of the world's fastest-growing technology and business hubs. 🌍🚀
The Recruitment Consultant will be responsible for developing and managing client relationships, new sales and business development, sourcing high-calibre candidates, and delivering exceptional recruitment solutions across Technology, Digital, and Professional Services markets within the UAE and wider Middle East region.
We have multilple opportunities across contract and permanent/executive search recruitment, either working in the Middle Eastern market or within the EU markets in countries such as Belgium, Netherlands, France and Germany.
This role offers the opportunity to build a thriving desk, work with globally recognised organisations, and benefit from Dubai's tax-free earnings environment while accelerating your recruitment career within a high-growth international business.
What You'll Be Doing 💼💻
- Business Development: Identify, engage, and win new clients across the UAE market through networking, referrals, market mapping, and targeted sales activity.
- Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain long-term partnerships with hiring managers, HR leaders, and business stakeholders.
- Candidate Sourcing: Proactively identify, attract, and engage qualified candidates through multiple sourcing channels, including LinkedIn, databases, referrals, and networking.
- Recruitment Delivery: Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from briefing and sourcing through to offer management and onboarding.
- Market Intelligence: Provide clients and candidates with insights into salary trends, hiring activity, and market conditions.
- Pipeline Management: Develop and maintain a strong talent pipeline across key technology and professional disciplines.
- Negotiation & Offer Management: Facilitate salary discussions, manage expectations, and ensure successful offer acceptance.
- Brand Representation: Represent Halian at industry events, networking functions, and business development meetings across the region.
- CRM & Process Compliance: Maintain accurate records, reporting, and activity tracking within recruitment systems.
- Target Achievement: Consistently deliver against monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue and placement objectives.
Why Halian & Dubai? 💰🌴🏙️
- Tax-Free Earnings: Benefit from Dubai's highly attractive income tax environment.
- Relocation Support: Assistance with visa sponsorship, work permits, and relocation logistics.
- World-Class Lifestyle: Enjoy year-round sunshine, international dining, luxury amenities, and excellent travel connections.
- Career Acceleration: Work in one of the fastest-growing recruitment markets globally.
- Uncapped Commission: Highly competitive base salary with an exceptional earning potential.
- International Exposure: Partner with multinational organisations across the Middle East and beyond.
- Modern Work Environment: Access to leading recruitment technologies and recruitment marketing tools.
- Training & Development: Structured learning programmes, mentorship, and leadership development pathways.
- High-Performance Culture: Join an ambitious and collaborative team focused on excellence and growth.
- Clear Career Progression: Opportunities to progress into Senior Consultant, Principal Consultant, Team Lead, and Management positions.
What We're Looking For 🔍👀
- Recruitment Experience: Minimum 2-5 years of agency recruitment experience, ideally within Technology, Digital, Engineering, Financial Services, Professional Services, or other specialist markets.
- Language Fluency: Fluency in either of the following languages essential - French, German or Dutch
- Business Development Skills: Demonstrated success generating new business and growing client accounts.
- 360 Recruitment Expertise: Experience managing both client acquisition and candidate delivery.
- Commercial Acumen: Strong understanding of recruitment metrics, margins, and business development principles.
- Relationship Builder: Able to establish credibility and trust with clients and candidates at all levels.
- Resilience & Drive: Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
- Excellent Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
- International Mindset: Excited by the opportunity to relocate and build a career in the Middle East.
- Results-Oriented: Consistent track record of meeting or exceeding recruitment targets and KPIs.
- Team Player: Collaborative approach with the ability to contribute positively to a high-performing culture.
Additional Benefits for EU Relocators ✈️🌍
- Employment Visa Sponsorship
- Private Medical Insurance
- Annual Flight Allowance/Home Leave
- End of Service Gratuity
- Relocation Assistance
- Comprehensive Onboarding Programme
- International Career Opportunities
- Regular Team Incentives & Awards
Halian is a global specialist recruitment and workforce solutions provider, connecting exceptional talent with innovative organisations across Technology, Digital, Cyber Security, Data, Cloud, ERP, and Professional Services sectors. With a strong presence across Europe, the Middle East, and APAC, Halian offers ambitious recruiters the opportunity to build rewarding international careers while working with some of the world's leading organisations.
Halian – Connecting Talent. Enabling Transformation.
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For ambitious European recruiters looking for a tax-free international move, Dubai offers one of the strongest opportunities globally for career growth, earning potential, and lifestyle enhancement. 🌟