chatGRG explores how careers are built, shaped, and evolved in an AI-driven world. In a region where opportunity moves fast, careers are rarely linear. Being skilled is not enough. How you position yourself, how you show up, and how your experience translates into opportunity matter. chatGRG brings together leaders, founders, hiring managers, and regional influencers to share honest perspectives on building careers in the Gulf. We speak openly about getting hired, navigating multiple career moves, and understanding how decisions are made behind closed doors. Across these conversations, we also explore how personal brand and career visibility influence hiring outcomes, progression, and long-term credibility, especially in a market where reputation travels quickly. Produced through GRG, the region’s largest independently owned recruitment firm, the discussions are shaped by real access to senior hiring environments and market insight. This is not theory or motivation. It is experience-led discussion on careers, visibility, hiring dynamics, and what it takes to build long-term momentum. If you are building yourself or navigating your next move, this is the insight most people only gain after years in the market.
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchchatGRG explores how careers are built, shaped, and evolved in an AI-driven world. In a region where opportunity moves fast, careers are rarely linear. Being skilled is not enough. How you position yourself, how you show up, and how your experience translates into opportunity matter.
Recent episodes include "Why Saudi Arabia Is Winning the Global Fintech Race | George Harrak, CEO of Jeel" (25 June 2026, 23 minutes), "How to Become Financially Free (Even If You’re Starting From Zero) | Jason Graystone, "Always Free"" (10 June 2026, 42 minutes), and "Why I’d Leave a Role Empty Instead of Hiring You | Chris Radoszewski, Ex-COO & VP of HungerStation" (3 June 2026, 40 minutes).
chatGRG publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 39 episodes.
Booking probability for chatGRG is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. chatGRG requires a Pod Score of 81 or higher. chatGRG's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for chatGRG are Staffing & Recruiting and Business & Management Consulting.
chatGRG is a general podcast with 39 episodes published.
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Episode #39
Before George Harrak was helping shape the future of fintech in Saudi Arabia, he was serving customers in his family's corner shop in Australia and watching his parents work from before dawn until late at night. The...
Episode #38
Jason Graystone grew up on a South London estate, hiding behind the sofa while bailiffs knocked at the door for unpaid electricity bills. Years later, he became financially free by 29. But this conversation isn’t just...
Episode #37
Some of the best leaders don't start their careers looking like future leaders. Chris Radoszewski certainly didn't. A failed business venture. A stint as a bartender. No clear roadmap. Fast forward a few years and he's...
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Most people think leadership is about having the right strategy. Adil Paracha sees it differently. For him, it’s much simpler and much harder than that. If nothing gets delivered, nothing else matters. In this episode...
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Taleen Marie was “big” in LA. Signed to Jamie Foxx’s label, performing, and living the life most people dream about. A professional singer who opened for Christina Aguilera and even performed for Pope John Paul II, her...
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His first game made $2.47. Not $2,470. Not $247. Just $2.47. Before Forbes 30 Under 30, before scaling across 40+ telecom operators, and before building a gaming company that actually worked, Houcem Maiza was just a...
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The first time Spencer Lodge went live on social media, there was only one person watching. His mum… asking him why he wasn’t wearing a tie. No audience. No traction. No personal brand. Just consistency and a...
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Change doesn’t fail because of strategy decks. It fails because of people. And more specifically, how leaders handle them. In this week’s episode of Out of Office, Kat Kearsey, Senior Director of Change Management at...
Episode #33
He pitched his idea to 200 people. Most said no, some didn’t even reply, and only a few entertained the meeting and walked away. Despite this, he kept going. Before CLÉDOR, the $120M in funding, and the $250M returns...
Episode #31
Gen Z aren’t “difficult”. They’re just done accepting what previous generations tolerated. In this week’s episode of Out of Office, Preeti Bahuguna, Senior HR Director at The First Group, challenges the way...
Episode #30
For most of her life, Sarah Lindsay was known for one thing. Olympian. Three times over. But when her athletic career ended, she did something unexpected. She stopped talking about it altogether. She didn’t introduce...
Episode #28
She was kidnapped as a child. When she returned, everything had changed. The world she came back to no longer felt familiar, and she struggled with a deep sense of not belonging, even among her own family. That feeling...
Episode #27
Hiring for diversity is often misunderstood. It’s not about ticking boxes or lowering standards. It’s about building a fair process that still hires the best person for the job. In this episode of Out of Office, Jihan...
Episode #26
Some people build success once. Others have to rebuild themselves along the way, shaped by circumstances that force them to grow up early and carry weight long before they are ready. This conversation with Dariush Soudi...
Episode #25
Being confident isn’t what’s getting leaders hired anymore. In fact, it might be doing the opposite. In this episode of Out of Office, Fareeseh Chaudhry, HR Business Lead at Haleon, gets real about how leadership hiring...
Episode #24
James Lafferty did not reach the top by blending in. As a 4x Forbes CEO and Powerlifting Olympian, he learned early that the gap between the top 1% and everyone else has very little to do with talent and everything to...
Episode #23
Hip hop, basketball, and fatherhood shaped Big Hass in ways he never saw coming. What began as a young love for music eventually led him to become one of the most recognisable voices in Arabic Hip Hop in Saudi Arabia...
Episode #22
On paper, the GCC looks like a job seeker’s paradise. In reality, some roles attract 1500 applicants or more, turning hiring into a crowded, confusing maze for both companies and candidates. In this episode of Out of...
Episode #21
Hiring in the Middle East is changing fast, and as Kirsty points out, the real story sits somewhere between the rise of AI and the power of genuine human connection. In this episode of Out of Office, Kirsty Koen, Group...
Episode #20
Public speaking is something we all do, but for Saana Azzam, it became a business, a career, and a way to reshape how an entire region finds its voice. She built a platform that turns people’s stories, ideas, and...
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