Wamda

Regional

What are the most in-demand skills among startups in Mena?

Talent remains one of the biggest challenges facing startups in the Middle East. Good talent is difficult to find and can be very costly....

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Global

What is the future of human resources?

By Somaya El Sherbini, co-founder and managing partner at RightFoot With global economies facing challenges for the remainder of 2020,...

human resources HR recruitment

U.A.E

In conversation with Sahiqa Bennett of Searchie

Searchie uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine a candidate’s suitability for a job. The technology monitors 361,000 factors...

recruitment Artificial intelligence

Global

Startups, brace yourselves for these hurdles [Opinion]

It’s common knowledge that startups fail at the whopping rate of 90 percent. For this reason, whatever their differences, startups...

startups recruitment talents

Regional

Online talent platforms: labor market connectors for the digital era in the GCC

Youth unemployment is one of the Middle East’s biggest challenges. Even as unemployment remains high and people are unable to land...

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Global

Putting values at the heart of a company [Q&A]

This is the second of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first was on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and...

Sanergy recruitment company culture

Regional

What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross

This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and...

recruitment Programme human resources

Global

Startup Watch: the real robot danger

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch robotics Women

Regional

Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help?

This is an edited crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. A new study finds that perceptions of salaries and career prospects at startups are...

WRL #Wamda2016 Access to Talent

Regional

Where are entrepreneurs finding talent? [Wamda TV]

More than three in five entrepreneurs in MENA cited finding talent as a key barrier to building their team. Hiring and...

Wamda Research Lab talent Hiring platforms

Global

Behind Gradberry’s rebirth: it's all about timing

“I don’t look like any other founder in the [Silicon] Valley. I wasn’t born and raised here,” Gradberry founder Iba...

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Egypt

Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt

Business angels network Cairo Angels has sealed an investment with the Egyptian startup Hire Hunt in September. Cairo Angels...

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Regional

Who's hiring in MENA? [Infographic]

Access to talent is a key difficulty for employers large and small in MENA. In an upcoming Wamda Research Lab report the findings...

Access to Talent recruitment Payfort

Egypt

Billionaire invests in Shaghalni's blue collar job ads

Shaghalni's pitch is not just to advertise blue collar jobs, but 'grey' collar work as well. (Images via Shaghalni) With only seven...

Omar Khalifa Omedia grey collar jobs

Maghreb

Programmers for hire: Scorify links talent with jobs

The hunt of developers. (Image via Mashable) Every industry has its own myths, and one often-heard claim in the tech sector is that...

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U.A.E

How interns can solve the startup hiring conundrum

“Every company should open its doors to fresh blood and young talent like interns or trainees (interns that later become full-timers), l...

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Global

8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic]

Do you need to expand your team but don't know how to start? According to data extracted from LinkedIn, the best recruitment managers are a...

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ZaiGood, the startup incubator where employees give clients just 20% of their time

Zak el Fassi is an unusual entrepreneur. He’s never sent me a press release, nor pitched me his project during startup events. But I keep h...

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