Why Employ Emiratis
The large agencies run Emiratisation as a side desk. For us, it’s the whole business.
A specialist, founder-led HR consultancy licensed in Dubai. The consultant you meet is the one who sources, screens and places your Emirati hire — and checks in at day 90.
Focus
Six reasons
What you get that a generalist can’t give you
Emiratisation is a numbers game with a deadline every six months. Speed, a real candidate pool and someone accountable for the whole process are what move the number.
- 100% Emiratisation
No expat placements, no side desks, no outsourcing. Every hour of the business goes into UAE Nationals — which is why the database and the speed exist.
- One of the largest Emirati databases
Years of relationships with graduates, professionals and leaders, refreshed weekly. A brief becomes a shortlist because the people are already known to us.
- Founder-led, end to end
The consultant who takes your brief screens the candidates, sits in the feedback loop and calls the hire at day 90. No account managers, no juniors.
- Shortlist in five working days
Three to five pre-screened UAE Nationals with notes, salary expectation, notice period and Nafis status — so the first interview is a decision.
- Compliance built in
Every vacancy is mapped to MoHRE’s skilled-role definition before we search, and Nafis registration is activated on every hire. The number counts.
- Retention, not just placement
Day-30 and day-90 check-ins, a manager briefing and a 90-day replacement guarantee. A placement only counts if it lasts.
Clarity
What we don’t do
We are a licensed HR consultancy, not a labour supplier. Being clear about the edges is what keeps the candidate relationships clean and the focus absolute.
We never
- Place expatriates or work on non-Emirati roles
- Work with free-zone entities or sub-contract for agencies
- Charge candidates a fee, ever
- Send CV dumps — three to five screened profiles, not fifteen
- Hand your brief to a junior after the first call
- Conduct your interviews or make the hiring decision for you
We always
- Speak to every candidate before you see their profile
- Map each vacancy to MoHRE’s skilled-role definition first
- Activate Nafis registration and benefits on every hire
- Collect interview feedback within 24 hours
- Check in at day 30 and day 90
Compare
Employ Emiratis, a large agency, or a job board
Employ EmiratisLarge agencyJob boardClients
What HR leaders say after working with us
Three clients, three sectors, one pattern: speed, quality and people who stay. See results and case studies →
Working with Rapid Access Gulf since our first year — their UAE National hires are still in place.
Although we have our own internal talent acquisition team, when it comes to hiring UAE Nationals, we always prefer working with Shukran HR Consultancy because of the speed at which they work. They seem to have a regularly updated database and often share profiles with us within 72 hours. The quality of Emirati candidates is also excellent. We have been hiring through Shukran since 2023, and our UAE National employees are still happily working with us.
“We have relied on Shukran HR Consultancy for all our Emiratisation requirements from day one, and we have been extremely satisfied with their services.”
“Emirati Civil Engineers are in high demand. However, our experience with Shukran was not just easy — they simplified the entire process of talent spotting, and we are proud to have onboarded some of the finest Emirati talent.”
No. Employ Emiratis is a licensed HR consultancy. We advise mainland companies on Emiratisation, source and pre-screen UAE Nationals from our database, and support the process through to onboarding. Hiring decisions, interviews and contracts stay with you.
The founder. There are no account managers or junior researchers between you and the person who screens the candidates and calls the hire at day 90.
You can, and we encourage it. The difference is that we already hold relationships with active and passive UAE Nationals, so a brief becomes a shortlist in days instead of weeks of unqualified applications.
Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee. If the candidate leaves or is let go in that window, we run the replacement search at no extra fee.
Start with a brief
Tell us the role. We’ll send Emirati candidates.
Replies within one working day. Prefer to talk first? Book a 30-minute meeting and we’ll map your Emiratisation target together.
Book a meeting ↗