Here’s to 2025

Hello everyone,

Firstly - we wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year!

We’ve been very open and honest about the market and how it played out in 2024. You can read our CEO, Justin McGuire, give his take on it here in our last edition pre-Christmas. 

Honestly, we’re predicting more of the same. 

In the Middle East there are signs that given how saturated the market is - salaries will probably remain the same, if not decrease slightly. 

Companies don’t need to overpay to find the right talent when they are being presented with so many options.  

Similarly the market for people outside the region at a junior-mid level is likely to be slim with companies continuing the trend of favouring ‘regional experience’ in their searches. 

That’s not to say it will be impossible for people to move over - but it will be hard. 

In Asia, we anticipate a similar trend, with businesses leaning towards local-language speakers.

We’ll continue to provide insight and actionable tips - as we did the whole of last year through this Newsletter and on our LinkedIn profiles each week. 

From our side, we’d love to know what you’d guys like to see more of:

We look forward to getting back to the normal style of writings next week when the team has returned from the break and rolling out some exciting changes we’ve alluded to in 2024.

Thanks and in the meantime, you can check out some of our most popular content here: 

• Are you looking to build a strong network?

• Why you should go all in on LinkedIn 

• The Cover Letter is dead. Here’s its replacement 

• How to nail your next interview

• Do not do these three things on your CV

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If you’re interested in seeing more from MCG Talent and what we’re up to, please check out our company LinkedIn here or connect with me here for regular posts on life in the GCC.