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Upload your CV. Before builds your list of Gulf companies, tells you each morning which ones are about to hire in your field, and writes the message to send.

Waitlist only. Your launch code arrives on 2 November, plus a few short updates before then.

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Today: three things to do and the morning's news on your companiesA company page: who to contact and what to do nextYour Day 1 message, written for you and ready to copyYour companies and where each one stands
Moving now
Muscat International Financial Centre of Oman targets 2027 launch hiring: Compliance & AML, RiskRiyadh Echelon raises funding to expand its Saudi AI business hiring: Software Engineering, Data & AIAbu Dhabi Capital Group secures ADGM licence to expand Middle East operations hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Sales & Business DevelopmentDoha Mekdam Holding wins Ashghal contract award hiring: Construction & Site Management, Project ManagementSaudi Arabia Saudi Steel Pipe wins SAR 177m pipe supply contract from Saudi Aramco hiring: Operations & Maintenance, ProcurementRiyadh AeroCore Technologies opens Middle East headquarters in Riyadh hiring: Executive Leadership, Sales & Business DevelopmentSaudi Arabia Autobia raises $12m Series A led by Artal Capital hiring: E-commerce, Software EngineeringDubai McGettigan's owner plans to expand despite a hard year hiring: Retail Operations, Executive LeadershipBahrain Gulf Air resumes direct Bahrain-Kuala Lumpur flights from late September hiring: Operations & Maintenance, Sales & Business DevelopmentAbu Dhabi / Riyadh Temasek to open first Middle East offices in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Corporate Finance & M&AAbu Dhabi Pantheon opens ADGM office to serve Gulf private markets demand hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Sales & Business DevelopmentAbu Dhabi Aldar and Arada sign Dh15bn partnership for new Abu Dhabi projects hiring: Development Management, Real Estate Sales & LeasingSaudi Arabia Humain plans a 1.7 GW data centre build in Saudi Arabia next year hiring: Cloud & Infrastructure, Data & AIUAE e& launches new mobile network as UAE moves toward 6G hiring: Cloud & Infrastructure, Product ManagementMuscat International Financial Centre of Oman targets 2027 launch hiring: Compliance & AML, RiskRiyadh Echelon raises funding to expand its Saudi AI business hiring: Software Engineering, Data & AIAbu Dhabi Capital Group secures ADGM licence to expand Middle East operations hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Sales & Business DevelopmentDoha Mekdam Holding wins Ashghal contract award hiring: Construction & Site Management, Project ManagementSaudi Arabia Saudi Steel Pipe wins SAR 177m pipe supply contract from Saudi Aramco hiring: Operations & Maintenance, ProcurementRiyadh AeroCore Technologies opens Middle East headquarters in Riyadh hiring: Executive Leadership, Sales & Business DevelopmentSaudi Arabia Autobia raises $12m Series A led by Artal Capital hiring: E-commerce, Software EngineeringDubai McGettigan's owner plans to expand despite a hard year hiring: Retail Operations, Executive LeadershipBahrain Gulf Air resumes direct Bahrain-Kuala Lumpur flights from late September hiring: Operations & Maintenance, Sales & Business DevelopmentAbu Dhabi / Riyadh Temasek to open first Middle East offices in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Corporate Finance & M&AAbu Dhabi Pantheon opens ADGM office to serve Gulf private markets demand hiring: Investment & Asset Management, Sales & Business DevelopmentAbu Dhabi Aldar and Arada sign Dh15bn partnership for new Abu Dhabi projects hiring: Development Management, Real Estate Sales & LeasingSaudi Arabia Humain plans a 1.7 GW data centre build in Saudi Arabia next year hiring: Cloud & Infrastructure, Data & AIUAE e& launches new mobile network as UAE moves toward 6G hiring: Cloud & Infrastructure, Product Management
Why it works

Most good jobs are filled before they're advertised.

A company wins a contract, opens an office or hires a new boss, and the team gets built quietly. By the time there's an ad, someone is usually already lined up. Before shows you those moments while the door is still open.

The newsYour window: before there's an adAfter the ad, when it's crowded

Finance, tech, energy, healthcare, real estate, aviation, consulting, construction: if Gulf companies hire for it, Before covers it.

Watch Before read the news.

Every weekday it reads Gulf business news, works out which of your companies are about to hire in your field, and writes the message. Here are three real stories from the past few weeks.

The news
Abu Dhabi7 Oct 2026The National

Capital Group secures ADGM licence to expand Middle East operations

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What Before sees

A new Abu Dhabi hub serving Gulf sovereign and institutional clients. The first people it hires are client coverage staff who already know those clients.

Likely hiring
  • Client coverage
  • Investment
  • Compliance

Your window: Now

What you send

To the Head of Middle East Client Group

Hi Sarah, congratulations on the ADGM licence.
Bespoke to you
  1. Upload your CV and answer four questions
  2. Keep the companies that fit you
  3. Act on the news each morning

Take a look around.

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Start the day knowing what to do.See who's moving, and when to act.The right person to contact.Your notes, written for you.Your whole list at a glance.Live roles at your companies.

Start the day knowing what to do.

Up to three actions, in order: a follow-up that's due, a reply to answer, a company that's just been in the news.

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Three messages per company, written for you.

For every company on your list, Before writes a Day 1 connection note, a Day 7 follow-up and a Day 14 close, from your CV and that company's latest news. You copy, paste and send. Before tells you when the next one is due.

Day 1Before is writing…Written by Before

Connect

Hi Sarah, congratulations on the ADGM licence.
Bespoke to you
Day 7Before is writing…Written by Before

Follow up

Thanks for connecting, Sarah.
Bespoke to you
Day 14Before is writing…Written by Before

Close

Hi Sarah, I'll leave it there for now.
Bespoke to you

What our beta testers are saying so far.

“A huge game changer!”
Commercial Lead, Life SciencesBeta Tester
“Intuitive, easy to navigate. A brilliant app!”
Commercial Leader, ShippingBeta Tester
“It runs really smoothly!”
Brand and Content MarketerBeta Tester
“This is what every active jobseeker needs.”
Finance Manager, ex-Big 4Beta Tester

If Before doesn't deliver, you don't pay for that month.

Before can't get you the job. What it can do is turn up every weekday with your list, your news and your messages.

  • Your hit list within 24 hours
  • News on your companies every weekday
  • Messages written for every company on your list
  • 7 days free on the monthly plan, no contract, cancel any time

Before was built in Dubai by a recruiter with more than 20 years of filling roles across the Gulf.

Live for MECA members. Coming soon to everyone.

  • Live nowFor members of the Middle East Career Accelerator. It's included in your membership.
  • Coming soonThe Before app on the App Store, for everyone.

Get your list the day it opens

Before opens on the App Store on 2 November. Join the waitlist now and on launch day you'll get a code for $39 a month for your first 12 months (then $49), or $99 for your first 3 months (then $119).

Waitlist only. Your launch code arrives on 2 November, plus a few short updates before then.

Want it now?Before is included in MECA. Join the Middle East Career Accelerator