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8% Spike In Hiring For GCC Companies In Last 6 Months

Dubai: A recent survey shows that 56% of firms in the GCC are currently hiring, up from 48% in June when the poll was last conducted. This reflects a global trend as chief executives and HR directors across the globe are shifting their focus from reduction and containment to sourcing talent that they will need to improve the markets. The war on talent has ended, and the war for talent has begun.

The inaugural Recruitment and Talent Management Forum, an IIR Middle East event is set to take place January. This forum running alongside TAWDHEEF, the Recruitment Show, will address the new issues currently facing businesses in the region in light of the changing economic climate.

"As the GCC economies begin to return to something more like normality, what was identified before the global crisis as the single most important challenge to their ability to meet the demands of growth - adequate human resources - is again becoming serious.", Ian Thomas, Head of Manpower and Talent Management at the Banque Saudi Fransi in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says. He adds, "This forum, is very timely. It is designed to raise awareness of all aspects of the issue, to acknowledge its complexity, and to assist both HR practitioners and business leaders to create integrated, practical, solutions based on international best practice but also taking into account specifically local factors. "

Joining Thomas at the Recruitment and Talent Management Forum are Csilla Szokodi, Human Capital Management Leader, IBM, Hungary Tara Jackson, Head of Learning and Development , Jumeirah Group,UAE Nivine Rushdy, Head of Talent Management, Etisalat Misr, Egypt ,Massimo De Rose, HR Director, Kuwait Petroleum International, Kuwait, Khaled Helaly, Director of Strategy and Business Planning, Qatar Foundation, Qatar among others.

Industry leaders and pioneering experts will raise debate and discuss strategic solutions to issues concerning recruitment and talent management, through various case studies and interactive panel discussions.

Participating in this event as gold sponsors are Hiring Solutions . Managing Director, Guy Rickett says, "With the region's increasing development the need to secure the best in human talent is apparent. This Forum offers us the opportunity to demonstrate how best to manage the recruitment process through new technology, while marketing company brands to potential job seekers. By hosting a separate recruitment and talent management event, the organisers are underlining the importance of seeing this area of operations as a completely separate and strategic part of the business model."

The Recruitment and Talent Management Forum will take place from 24-27 January at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi.

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About IIR Middle East :
The Institute for International Research (IIR) believes passionately in the power of knowledge and skills to act as a lasting catalyst to organisational achievement. Established in 1973, IIR is now the world's largest Human Capital Company with a global network of 45 businesses and 116 operating units. Every year, IIR works with hundreds of thousands of business executives providing them with knowledge and skills through training, conferences, seminars, e-Learning, blended solutions, exhibitions, consulting and mentoring. IIR owns the complete spectrum of an organisation's business knowledge and skills needs. IIR's Exhibition companies provide market and product information; IIR's Conference and Training companies provide business ideas and proficiency; and IIR's Performance Improvement companies provide strategic direction through consulting and behaviour change through training, mentoring and reinforcement.

Established in Dubai in 1993, IIR Middle East is the undisputable regional market leader in the conference and training sector and is currently second only to Dubai International Exhibition Centre in total exhibition space occupied. Dubai Conferences & Training has experienced continuous growth since inception, development which is the result of regional economic growth, autonomous product development and the tailoring of successful IIR Group products to local market needs. Dubai Exhibition's portfolio of events is comprised of major world-class exhibition titles and a number of smaller incubator events. The division's top events include: Arab Health, Middle East Electricity, Cityscape, Motexha, PALMS, and the Bride Show.

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