Everybody is new, and networks still decide.
Across the Gulf and the wider region, hiring runs on personal contact. That works if you arrived with a network, and stops you dead if you did not.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to a mentee
- Free
- Matching
- Cross-border
Three things that keep careers closed here
Referral-led hiring
Roles circulate through personal contact, so a strong candidate without an introduction never sees the vacancy.
New sectors, no roadmap
Whole industries are being built at speed, and nobody has yet described what the jobs inside them involve.
Informal background filters
Assumptions about school, nationality and network narrow shortlists long before a skills test happens.
Four kinds of partner
Employers running Give across their workforce
Universities and colleges buying career access for every student
Government and public programs with employment targets
Employers running Redirect for the candidates they turn down
Reporting a board will accept
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Reporting
- Live
- Mentee cost
- Zero
The things people ask first
Do mentors have to be in the region?
No. Matching is cross-border, so a mentor is chosen for the job they do rather than the city they sit in.
Can a government program fund sessions at scale?
Yes. Missions exist for exactly that: a defined group, a target and a deadline.
Is it really free for the mentee?
Always. Sessions are funded by employer, university and public-sector partners.
Open the shortlist
Bring your organisation in, or give 30 minutes yourself.