Cassia

Cassia is a recruitment, consulting and executive search firm that says its origins are in the UAE. It is based in Dubai, with its address at Dubai World Central. It works mainly in healthcare and education, and says it places candidates from Eastern Europe into the Middle Eastern healthcare market. Its executive search service is for medium to large organisations in healthcare, education, oil and gas, and banking and finance.

In healthcare, Cassia serves specialty clinics, multi-specialty medical centres, day surgery centres, hospitals and home care facilities. Its services there include local and international sourcing, recruitment drives and assessment centres, facility openings, RPO, HR strategy, employer branding, insurance empanelment, and facility and professional licensing. In education, it serves schools, colleges, universities, early learning centres and education publishing companies, and also helps build HR functions and provides training and operational support.

For healthcare it covers the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Education work also extends to Asia and Europe, and executive search adds Qatar. Velina Dimi is the managing director.