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Sector: Information Technology
GUEST COMMENT: The Middle East is still the wild west when it comes to financial technology
Moving from the City of London to the GCC was always going to be something of a culture shock, but moving here for a financial technology role was doubly so. In the City, financial technology is a respected, sought-after career path, and is considered to be the cornerstone of any leading financial institution. Enterprise, energy [...]
REVIEW MY CV: How should I go about switching from the City to the Gulf?
Another eFinancialCareers reader has bravely put forward their CV for some (constructive) criticism in a bid to enhance their job-hunting potential. Below is their profile (with all personal details removed) and little about their search for new employment so far. Can you offer some tips about where they may have been going wrong and what, [...]
GUEST COMMENT: Why you shouldn’t discount working in Saudi
In contrast to the spectacular near-collapse of the Dubai economy, Saudi Arabia’s prudent conservative regulation and enormous sovereign fund have enabled the country to weather the storm better than just about any major economy (Saudi Arabia is a member of G20). While not immune from the global difficulties, it has emerged from a trying 2009 [...]
Electronic trading (slowly) making its way to the Middle East
There are tentative signs that the electronic trading revolution is making its way to the Middle East, with both banks and technology vendors beginning to target the region. But, although it threatens to take off in the future, hiring is so far very limited. Richard Bentley, vice president, field technical services at Progress Software – [...]
GCC banks looking to snap up senior technologists
While the financial sector in Europe and the US looks to cut back on the amount it spends on technology, the Middle East continues to play catch up and is still shelling out on IT. Sadly, demand for developers is waning nonetheless, but firms are still eager to recruit at the senior end. Retail banks [...]
Who’s been hiring in the Middle East in November?
With increasingly grim tidings for multinational banks in November, the Gulf region has not been immune to headcount trimming. However, it continues to attract new players and others are expanding. Here’s our monthly round-up of people moves in the GCC. Alpari, a forex specialist, has launched a regional office in Dubai. It intends to offer [...]
IT rush in Middle East banks
Financial techie types can cash in on Middle Eastern banks’ focus on security. Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force predicts banks and financial institutions in the region are set to spend $2bn on IT this year and next – mainly centred on risk management to guard against fraud and money laundering. Henry [...]
IT is it in the Gulf
Software companies are flocking to Dubai, fuelling demand for IT staff in the Emirate. Recruiters say the need for techies has rocketed in the last year with requests coming in thick and fast for security and storage specialists as well as system architects and project managers. Damon Chapple, director of IT recruiters Pathway Resourcing, says [...]
Mid-ranking technologists: high in Dubai
Investment banks and hedge funds in Dubai are frantically searching for mid-ranking project managers to work on new IT systems. “The market is definitely booming,” said Emma Hackforth, talent manager at Matchsticks, a Dubai-based recruitment agency. “There’s high demand for technical specialists from investment banks and hedge funds.” Recruiters say the favoured hire is someone [...]
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