James Douglas Middle East is a fast-growing professional search and consulting firm based in Dubai. Our success stems from a fresh, people centric, attitude whether that be with organisations searching for high-quality talent or individuals looking for their dream job. We deliberately make the time to truly understand everyone’s needs and aspirations to ensure that culture, values, and requirements are a
great match.
Grace Eldridge is the Director of James Douglas UAE with an extensive track record, in the UK and Middle East, of helping organisations and individuals achieve their goals. She has also been a candidate looking for a fresh challenge, a hiring manager looking for the next star and a business builder who understands the impact that new talent makes.
James Douglas Values
Organisations generally have a set of values at the core, it is vital that these values run through the business at every touch point, reflecting both internally and externally. Whilst it may seem easy to come up with ‘words’ as a set of values, the meaning behind the words and the impact that they have daily is really the key to success. At James Douglas, we believe in honesty, teamwork, ambition, empowerment, and fun. Let me break these down.
- Honesty – in the professional search market, it is deemed as a given that people are honest. Be that the consultant you are trusting to find talent for your team, the leader looking to hire to grow their empire, the employee seeking the next step in their career. However, being honest is not as easy as it sounds. Have you ever had to give constructive feedback and ended up shying away from the harsher points? Everyone has! At James Douglas, we pledge to be honest throughout the entire process, acting as true partners to the employment market.
- Teamwork –is important internally to every organisation, however, to extract the most value from a consulting relationship, it is vital that all partners are an extended team. Working collaboratively not only enables a true understanding of each other, it builds trust which in turn leads to long-term, value-added relationships. James Douglas is working to build a global team including all its partners, sharing best practice and an honest approach to the talent market.
- Ambition – it has a different meaning to each individual and does not always directly correlate to the desire to climb the corporate ladder. Ultimately ambition is the desire and determination to achieve something. Be that a promotion, hitting a PB in the gym, or simply sleeping an extra 30 minutes a day. It is at the core of everything that we do. James Douglas takes to understand the motivators behind your ambition.
- Empowerment – a buzz word, right? Not necessarily! The dictionary definition of empowerment; ‘the act or action of empowering someone or something; the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts or duties’. At James Douglas, we empower each other and our partners to achieve their goals.
- Fun –individuals generally spend more time at work than doing anything else (apart from sleeping but maybe that’s just me!). Why wouldn’t you make this time as fun as possible? Laughter is said to be the best medicine, so take some time each day to have a little fun and see your productivity increase, your teams strengthen and your days fly by!
If you are looking for a professional search and consulting firm that’s a bit different, we would love to talk.
