The Hiring Pulse.
The quarterly step back from the monthly noise. Where GCC hiring is actually heading across sectors, levels, and cities, and the structural shifts the month-to-month numbers hide. Built so a leadership team can plan a quarter ahead, not just react to the last one.
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Q2 2026
Q2 2026
The quarter the senior share of GCC hiring crossed a line, and why most plans are still built for the old mix.
This edition steps back from the monthly velocity number to ask a slower question: what is the shape of GCC demand becoming. The short answer is fewer roles, more senior, with the sharpest movement in AI and the most stubborn softness in the mid-tier. Every figure in this issue is a draft pending Sachith's sign-off against placement data.
- 01 The mix is tilting senior. The share of mandates at director level and above is rising across sectors. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
- 02 Sectors are diverging. Pharma and AI are pulling ahead of the GCC average while parts of the mid-tier stay soft. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
- 03 The plan-to-market gap is widening. Quarter-old assumptions on availability and comp are increasingly off the live picture. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
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Q1 2026
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Where the quarter's hiring actually went.
The sector-by-sector read beneath a flat headline number. Figures pending sign-off.
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The year-end read on senior demand.
What the close of the year signalled for the one ahead. Figures pending sign-off.
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Q3 2025
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The mid-tier softness, in three charts.
Where the slowdown was real and where it was a mix effect. Figures pending sign-off.
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How the Hiring Pulse is put together.
A consistent structure each quarter, built so a leadership team can read the direction and a planning team can use the tables.
01 · The read
One quarter, one argument
A front-page read on what the quarter's data means for the next one. Written and signed by Sachith. The rest of the report is the evidence behind it.
02 · The trends
Velocity, mix, sector, city
The same trend views every quarter, so you read the direction, not just the snapshot. Built from live mandate data across India's GCCs.
03 · The tables
The numbers behind the charts
Every chart has a data table you can take into your own planning. Attribution requested, not required. Every figure verified against placement data before release.