"The shortest distance between a human being and the truth is a story" (Anthony de Mello) STORYTELLING Storytelling via your blog has never been so important for an internal and external audience. When you only have a few words to engage and inspire, it is crucial that those words reflect who you are. I have the experience and the creativity to transform the perception of your personal or professional brand. DISTRIBUTION 130,000 people are publishing on LinkedIn every week. Thanks to my blog distribution methods and unique collaboration between my clients, my blogs are regularly in the daily top 100. Examples of my (non-confidential) clients are available on request. If you are interested in working with me, I will be very happy to share my secrets! CREDENTIALS So many people are starting to call themselves "writers," but it is worth examining their track record before you decide to engage them. I enjoyed a highly successful 10 years in international Retail and Recruitment before starting my writing path three years ago. During the last year of writing on LinkedIn, my personal stories have attracted 39,000+ followers and averaged 9,000 views. Now, I write purely for my 30+ clients - they average 1100 views and 100 likes per post. I am the most successful HR blog writer in the UK. The Executive Editor of LinkedIn, Daniel Roth, talked about my work at their TalentConnect conference in 2014 (please view the clip below - timing 22:10 - 24:15). My blogging fees are £150 per blog with a rolling 10-blog agreement. Please do get in touch to arrange a chat: PAUL@RECRUITMENTWRITER.COM

Director @ My writing details can be viewed above, with examples of my articles on my LinkedIn publishing page. Feel free to get in touch for a chat or visit www.recruitmentwriter.com From October 2011 to Present (4 years 3 months) Team Leader @ Decided to live in Russia for a couple of years while the kids were still young and worked for the leading Recruiter in Russia - Antal (part of the UK based FiveTen group). Utilizing my large CEE network, brought in over $150k of fees within six months. The best employee in terms of new business development found and consistently delivered on roles thanks to my commercial background. The weekly 650km commute to Moscow took its toll, so I finally took the long road towards my current successful writing career. From January 2010 to April 2011 (1 year 4 months) Russian FederationRetail Headhunter - Managing Director @ Returned to the UK to start a family, and decided to do something a bit more entrepreneurial after my amazing experience in Russia. I ran an HR consultancy specializing in executive search, exclusively in the Retail market (mostly DIY, CE and Food). We worked mainly in the CEE - especially Russia but also in the Middle East and China. Drove my own B2B sales through the recession and developed my international business development experience. Used my retail commercial knowledge to source the very best talent. From January 2007 to January 2010 (3 years 1 month) United KingdomInternational Retail Category Manager / Commercial Director @ Moved internally from B&Q to the parent company Kingfisher. First expat on the ground in Russia to assess the opportunity for a DIY store rollout for the leading international DIY Retail group. Compiled the initial board paper, and was part of the first team on the ground. Commercial Director for the first year - managing Buying, Marketing and Merchandising workstreams. Recruited the entire commercial team and subsequently managed the buying team of Castorama Russia for it's first stores. My store format for Castorama DIY retail stores in Russia remains successful to this day. Fully immersed into Russian life, and had a superb time. From September 2003 to July 2006 (2 years 11 months) Russian FederationRetail Buyer @ Worked as a buyer at the leading UK DIY Retailer B&Q. A member of their graduate programme (chosen out of 8000 applicants) learnt about all aspects of DIY retail. Immersed in retail best practice from one of the most successful retailers in Europe. Then stayed within the Kingfisher group to move out to Russia for my next adventure. From September 2001 to August 2003 (2 years) TEFL trained English Teacher. @ Having deferred my Kingfisher retail graduate placement for a year, I taught English for a year in Saint Petersburg (so that I could be with my future wife) - at the British Council and for Educacentre, From September 2000 to August 2001 (1 year) Russian FederationPraktikant (Internship) @ I worked on the European Hyundai account for the global PR firm Edelman in Frankfurt as part of a four month PR placement after University that I had set up during my year abroad. I was involved in many interesting projects, organizing test drives, press events and doing a lot of writing! Winding forward to the present day via retail and recruitment, this early love of writing has now come full circle..... From June 2000 to September 2000 (4 months) Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany