Wakefield sales recruiter M2R has been invited to attend a trade delegation to Bahrain and chosen as a recruitment case study for UK Trade and Investment. UKTI has invited M2R’s clients and also future potential business partners to the event after being impressed by its successful relationships with clients in the Middle East.

Munir Mamujee, director of the global media sales specialist, told Recruiter he was “delighted” at being selected to represent the recruitment industry at the British Embassy in Bahrain in February. “It’s not bad for a team of five from Wakefield. We are beating huge recruitment companies to contracts in the Middle East,” said Mamujee.

“There is so much doom and gloom around at the moment, it just goes to show that if you are determined and work hard enough, you can really achieve things, even in a recession.”

Mamujee, who only begun recruiting in Dubai last February, added: “The Arab market likes to meet face to face and I believe they appreciate our passion, desire, honesty and professionalism.”

Mamujee puts his success down to creating added value services for clients and candidates.

M2R offers weekly candidate tracker updates for clients and also provides a useful information MP3 welcome package for candidates placed in the Middle East from the UK.

“We are completely honest with our candidates. The last thing we and our clients want is for someone to travel 3,500 miles and our clients to
invest heavily in someone who hates the country and the job. We film the offices where they are going to work and put together useful travel tips and information for them to settle in. We put this on an MP3 for them to watch, so they are aware of what to expect.”

Brian Aungliers, international trade advisor for UKTI, said of M2R: “Good solid advice has helped facilitate their entry into the Middle East market.

“M2R has used a variety of UKTI services to help them make informed decisions.”