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Quick One - This week, in our Premium Tier, I’ll be breaking down your most asked question: How do I move to Dubai without any regional experience?
We’ll Cover:
How to stand out from the masses of applicants
What I’d recommend you lead with in all applications
Getting interviews away from LinkedIn (hidden channels that work)
Where to target to be effective and secure quick wins.
I’ll reveal all and you can check it out here 👈🏻
P.S. The Social Team are running a 50% discount for the next 5 people.
Coming into the New Year I have been determined to get things right.
After a phenomenal break over Christmas I realised the difference in my headspace between 'rested' me and ‘not rested' me was night and day.
Coming back at the start of January, I wanted to try and preserve the good feeling I had for as long as possible.
I realised a huge part of why I drifted away from my normal state was my unhealthy relationship with technology - namely my phone.
This was further hammered home when I listened to a fantastic podcast by Morgan Housel where he says to look at some of the major inventions of the last century.
Air Conditioning, refrigeration, air travel, antibiotics, radio = undisputedly improved life. Who could argue against that?
What about phones and the internet?
Pretty unique in that they created a long list of things that also got worse because of them.
How long before we can add AI into that category too?
My core issue is that in Sales/Recruitment you're drilled to always be on your phone and that creates an air of being busy which I found ends up being performative. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of other industries too.
When you start anything it takes a long time to complete a task.
Over time and through reps/experience you shorten the time you have to spend on an activity before you get X result.
This version of myself usually needs to spend less time performing a task - in Recruitment - before I can get a desired result than the version of me when I started the job.
This has over time created a scenario where I’m used to being on my phone for longer stretches but now not all of that is ‘work’ related.
To fill the gap I ended up picking up some unhealthy habits which I confronted head on.
↳ Is me doomscrolling LinkedIn really productive?
↳ Is Instagram Reels really a break or just more screen time?
So, long story short I've gone cold turkey and I feel 1000% better for it.
- At the start of the year I deleted all of my social apps bar Instagram and LinkedIn.
- I now only access those through my laptop.
- My screen time has halved from Q4 2025.
- I'm more present in all social relationships as I have fewer notifications to contend with.
- I give myself time to be 'bored' and find that makes me less on edge as I have the space to think things through.
10/10, would recommend.
In the meantime, here’s our live roles for the week.
Live Roles - APAC and MENA
For full JDs and more information, please direct CVs to [email protected] with the preferred role in the Subject Line.
APAC
Hong Kong 🇭🇰 | Singapore 🇸🇬 | Others |
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PR Director - Agency 🇭🇰 | Business Development Director (Mandarin) - Media 🇸🇬 | Senior Media Planner - Agency - Tokyo 🇯🇵 |
Account Manager - Agency 🇭🇰 | Product Manager - Web3 🇸🇬 | Paid Media Lead - Agency - Tokyo 🇯🇵 |
Data & Analytics Lead - Financial Services 🇭🇰 | Art Director - Agency - Singapore 🇸🇬 | VP of Growth Analytics - Web3 - 🇦🇺 |
MENA
UAE 🇦🇪 | KSA 🇸🇦 | Qatar 🇶🇦 |
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Head of AI - Consulting - Dubai 🇦🇪 | Financial Comms Experts - Agency - Riyadh 🇸🇦 | Technical Architect - Consulting - Doha 🇶🇦 |
Managing Director - Media - Dubai 🇦🇪 | Graphic Designer - Agency - Riyadh 🇸🇦 | Senior Manager - FS/Consulting - Doha 🇶🇦 |
PR Manager - Agency - Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 | PR Manager - Agency - Riyadh 🇸🇦 | Financial Consultant - Consulting - Doha 🇶🇦 |
Comms Lead - Agency - Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 | CRO - Media/Marketing - KSA 🇸🇦 |
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