Tech recruiters share what's happening to hiring in the Middle East: 'I've honestly never seen it this quiet'

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Tech recruiters in the UAE share show the hiring landscape has changed in the last three weeks.

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We have 5 kids and work 10 jobs and side gigs. It's not sustainable, but we're doing everything we can to pay the bills.

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The author and her husband work multiple part time and full time jobs to stay afloat.

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My husband and I were laid off at the same time. Instead of panicking, we started our own business that now has 600 employees.

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Marina Larroudé doesn't want her kids to take over the business.

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I'm the CEO of Naya. I call my mom daily, refuse to have an assistant, and no longer send 11 p.m. emails.

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Hady Kfoury founded the Middle Eastern food chain Naya to share the flavors he grew up with.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hady Kfoury, the founder and CEO of Naya, a Middle Eastern-inspired food chain. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

BNY's CEO on the firm's newest crop of managers overseeing its 140 'digital employees'

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Robin Vince is the CEO of BNY.

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I'm an editor at Google. AI has taken over some of my work, but my humanities degree gave me an unexpected edge.

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Marie Pabelonio is an editorial lead at Google.

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A mom of twin toddlers left her six-figure Google job to bet on herself: 'I thought about the story I wanted to tell my kids.'

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Taylor M. LaSane

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The future of consulting is a real-time dashboard where humans monitor the work of AI agents, IBM says

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IBM is using a dashboard to monitor the work of its AI agents. It released the dashboard to clients earlier this year.

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Return to office and AI are pulling more women out of work

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Mark Cuban says AI agents will cut workdays down by an hour

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Mark Cuban at the 2026 SXSW Conference And Festival at JW Marriott Austin on March 14, 2026, in Austin.
Mark Cuban says he is using AI to fight the wave of AI-generated email spam flooding his inbox.

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