Egypt · Recruitment

Recruitment in Egypt

Yes. CareerBuddy can recruit Egypt-based professionals for you end-to-end — sourcing, screening, interviews, offer support and onboarding. Shortlists arrive in four business days from a signed brief, and the fee (15% of first-year salary) is due only when your chosen candidate accepts.

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AT A GLANCE

Recruitment in Egypt, in six answers.

Who is this for?: Companies that need recruitment in Egypt.
What problem are you solving?: Doing it yourself in Egypt means learning local employment law, payroll and hiring practice from scratch.
What does CareerBuddy activate?: CareerBuddy's recruitment in Egypt, run by our local team.
What outcome can you expect?: Compliant hiring and employment in weeks, with one partner and one invoice.
Why CareerBuddy?: CareerBuddy has placed 4,200+ people and employs people in 50+ countries.
What should you do next?: Tell us what you need in Egypt.Talk to us →

Market snapshot · Verified 2026-08-25

Recruitment in Egypt: what's specific

Cairo hosts Africa's largest engineering pool by headcount — deep in embedded, hardware, firmware and volume backend engineering. Bilingual Arabic/English professional workforce. Alexandria is a smaller secondary market.

$42,000

Senior software engineer median (USD/yr)

+5–10%

Embedded / hardware premium

Standard at professional level

Bilingual (Arabic/English)

Egypt recruitment compliance

Labour Law 12/2003

Written contract in Arabic required; probation up to 3 months (Article 33).

What's different here

Egyptian employment contracts must be executed in Arabic to be enforceable against the employer — the EOR provides Arabic + English parallel-column contracts as standard.

Recruitment in Egypt, step by step

01Signed brief
You share the role, scope and target start date for Egypt.
02Vetted shortlist
Three shortlisted candidates in four business days, with notes and salary expectations.
03Offer & contract
You choose; CareerBuddy runs the Egypt employment contract and right-to-work checks.
04Payroll live
First payroll runs on schedule. 7-14 business days onboarding, always compliant.

Quick reference

Egypt employment essentials

ItemEgypt

CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)

Working hours48 hours/week maximum (8 hrs/day)

Probation periodUp to 3 months

Notice period2-3 months depending on tenure

Time zoneEET (GMT+2)

Hiring timeline7-14 business days

Recruitment in Egypt: questions

Three vetted candidates within four business days of a signed brief. Most Egypt roles close in 2–4 weeks from brief to signed offer.

A flat 15% of first-year salary, payable only when your chosen candidate accepts. No retainer.

Free replacement within the first 90 days for any reason. We rerun the search at no additional fee.

Not necessarily. Recruit through CareerBuddy and employ the person through our Egypt employer of record — a single agreement covers both.

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