• Candidates are fluent in English and typically are often fluent in the local business language(s). Candidates with fluency in German, French, or other languages might also be available.

 

• Candidates typically are already residing in the Mideast, although very qualified candidates now residing in other areas (especially Western Europe and North America) may also be available.

 

• Candidates typically have strong work histories at recognizable global firms, and as such, they are likely to work at their best in companies having similar business models.

 

• Candidates normally are headhunted by ART from our clients' direct competitors or from firms with closely related product or service offerings. Our goal is to minimize risk by identifying top candidates at companies in the same sector as our client.

 

• Candidates often have been educated in Western Europe or North American universities.

 

• Unlike most recruitment firms based in the Middle East, which often depend upon outsourced recruiters and unclear partnerships with foreign recruiters for overseas searches, ART does 100% of all our own recruitment. We recruit directly in over 100 countries, and we never use any other recruitment company to find our candidates. In this way, we are able to deliver excellent candidates with the same level of efficiency and quality of service that is expected in our clients' home countries.

 

• In accordance with ART's global practices, our searches focus on identifying the best qualified candidates, without regard to age, gender, religion, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, etc.

 

Typical Recruitment Searches for the Middle East: click here

ART FEES & OTHER POLICIES

• There is no fee to a client for our services if they do not hire our candidate

 

• A fee is only due if the client hires our candidate

 

• Our fee is a single fee, quoted at the start of the search. It is a flat fee that is calculated according to the unique specifics of the client's search need. This fee is not based on candidate salary and it does not change according to the candidate's salary. There are no additional charges of any kind.

 

• ART fees are quoted in US dollars

 

• Many search firms require retainers (advanced payments), exclusives, and many months to complete their searches. ART is paid nothing, unless the client is satisfied with our candidates.

 

• We welcome competition on any search, because competition is good for us and for our clients. We want our clients to hire only the best possible candidate, even if it should be from another search firm. By contrast, most of our competitors view executive search contracts as relationships where the client is forced to guarantee them payment, even if they are not satisfied with the candidates presented to them.

 

• We normally complete our searches in 2-4 weeks, regardless of the location or title. How do we do this? Because we only accept searches for which we believe we are competent.

 

• ART bases its executive search recruitment on headhunting via the "direct approach" method, whereas many of our competitors only know how to find candidates by advertising, and other luck-based strategies of recruitment. We do not believe that our clients hire us to place jobs advertisements. They need us to find specific people with specific skills at a specific, targeted group of companies. That is what headhunters know how to do.

ART IN THE WORLD PRESS

To learn more about ART's approach to senior management executive search in your country and beyond, you may read online interviews with ART management, appearing in some of the most respected publications in the fields of business, technology and finance: click here.