KSA recently announced localization of consulting profession, how could this affect firms/consultants in the region?

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Get ready for huge wave of new joiners ig?

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It's 35% not full Saudisation, and most major firms already had more anyways to meet the nitaqat requirements in the top tiers (to be eligibile for government work)
Only change now is they will have to focus more on recruiting Saudi consultants rather than internal support roles but that should also be fine
If I had to guess impact won't be huge from an expat consultant perspective, and probably we will see more newly hired expats flying out of dubai rather than being based in Riyadh full time

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How many have their work permits as consultants?

None on my team - including myself - have this.

Impact will be negligible

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Get packing and ready to move

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