Saudi Arabia's future
is being delayed.
Every year, thousands of Saudi companies spend months trying to hire interns — burning time, missing quotas, and falling behind on compliance. The system is broken. And it's costing everyone.
The headline delay
80%
of companies struggle to find qualified interns
150K+
graduates available every year — yet positions stay unfilled
6 mo
average hiring cycle restarts every single semester
The problem no one is talking about
If you run a company in Saudi Arabia,
you already know this is broken.
Your HR team spends weeks — sometimes months — chasing universities, sorting through unqualified CVs, navigating COOP requirements, and filling out compliance forms. By the time you find the right intern, the semester is half over.
And the cost isn't just time. Every unfilled position weakens your Nitaqat score, every missed COOP deadline risks penalties, and every semester you start from scratch — with no pipeline and no data.
This isn't a minor inefficiency. This is a structural failure costing your company time, money, and compliance standing.
Sound familiar?
Compliance is a nightmare
Nitaqat quotas, COOP obligations, HRSD reporting — all tracked manually. One mistake and you're in the red band.
Candidates ghost you
You spend weeks reviewing CVs, scheduling interviews — then the candidate disappears. No verification, no accountability.
The process is embarrassingly slow
Post on five platforms. Get hundreds of irrelevant applications. Shortlist manually. Repeat next semester.
No connection to universities
No direct line to faculties. No way to know if a student's credentials are real. You're flying blind.
Zero visibility after hiring
Once an intern starts, there's no structured onboarding, no progress tracking, no compliance trail.
You do it all again next semester
Every cycle starts from scratch. No institutional memory, no pipeline. The same pain, every 6 months.
And yet, until now, there has been no platform built for your company to fix it.
We're building the tool your HR team has been waiting for. We can't show you everything yet, but if this problem is costing you time and money, you'll want to be on the list.
What we can tell you
We're not just talking about the problem.
We're solving it.
40 weeks → 3 weeks
Your open positions filled in weeks, not months. We compress the entire hiring cycle so your team can focus on what matters.
HRSD compliance built-in
Nitaqat tracking, COOP reporting, and Saudi national ratios handled automatically — no more spreadsheets or missed deadlines.
AI-powered matching
We surface pre-qualified, skills-matched interns for your roles. No more sorting through hundreds of irrelevant CVs.
What we're building
Built for how your company actually works
A single place to move faster on interns, stay on top of compliance, and work with pre-verified talent — without rebuilding your HR stack from scratch.
We're keeping the full picture under wraps for now. Join the waitlist to be among the first companies to see it.
Built by people who know the market
Backed by real experience
Ilja Notkin
CEO & Co-founder
Successful Website Launch @electromin
Daveed Harb
CME & Co-founder
Successful Social Media Campaigns @electromin
Eugene Muravjev
Advisor — HR Tech & VC
18 years in international tech; current angel investor
Mark Notkin
Consultant — Saudi Market
16 years in Saudi workforce development; former HRDF executive
Anton Van Der Walt
Mentor — Business Growth
Business Growth Mentor to CEOs of Medium-Sized Businesses
Stop wasting your HR team's time on a broken process.
NKTA is opening early access to a select group of forward-thinking companies. Be the first to see what we're building — and shape it for your needs.
After joining, you'll be asked to complete a quick 9-question survey so we can tailor the platform to your company.