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		<title>Urgent vacancies! New Business Sales Account Manager – IT Hardware Bolton £15k OTE £25k YR1 + excellent benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=246</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This Bolton based company are one of the UK’s largest and most successful online retailers of IT products, with a 20 000 strong product portfolio they sell to business and consumers across the country.
Due to expansion they require talented New Business Sales Account Managers to work from their Bolton head office and reactivate dormant accounts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Bolton based company are one of the UK’s largest and most successful online retailers of IT products, with a 20 000 strong product portfolio they sell to business and consumers across the country.</p>
<p>Due to expansion they require talented New Business Sales Account Managers to work from their Bolton head office and reactivate dormant accounts and then manage the customer to generate additional revenue from them.</p>
<p>You do not have to find your own leads however you must be used to cold calling in a b2b environment, making in excess of 100 calls per day, converting leads into regular spending accounts and account managing these converted clients.</p>
<p>We require hard work, dedication plus a background in outbound sales within a business to business environment. If you have experience of selling IT equipment, software or telecommunications, this will be advantageous but is not essential.</p>
<p>This is an opportunity to work for one of the UK’s most well known employers and could offer you a career for life. Full sales and product training is provided as well as ongoing development.</p>
<p>Salary: £15k basic OTE £25k YR1 + benefits. Earning will increase year on year.<br />
Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm.<br />
Company ideally located within walking distance of major train and bus routes. Free parking on site also.</p>
<p>Send your CV to munir@m2r.co.uk</p>
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		<title>Pass us leads and we will pay you for them!</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=244</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you know any companies that could reap the benefit from our Low Cost Recruitment Service then please send me your leads and for every one we convert I will give you £25GBP no strings attached! Now this may not seem like a lot but for £25GBP you could buy the following:
A decent bottle of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you know any companies that could reap the benefit from our Low Cost Recruitment Service then please send me your leads and for every one we convert I will give you £25GBP no strings attached! Now this may not seem like a lot but for £25GBP you could buy the following:<br />
A decent bottle of wine<br />
Half a tank of petrol (in the UK that is!!)<br />
A nice takeaway meal<br />
Credit for your phone<br />
Concert tickets<br />
The list is endless!</p>
<p>Plus if we sign then on a long term contract, we will pay you every time they pay so these £25&#8217;s could seriously add up! All for just a name and a number!</p>
<p>We are converting 76% of our leads so you a pretty safe.</p>
<p>Have a look at <a href="http://www.m2rglobal.com/documents/low_cost_recruitment.pdf">http://www.m2rglobal.com/documents/low_cost_recruitment.pdf</a> for more information and start making money!!!</p>
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		<title>Our Low Cost Recruitment banner</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=241</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Low cost recruitment]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_240" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/m2r-ad-banner-alternate.jpg"><img src="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/m2r-ad-banner-alternate.jpg" alt="Our banner on www.lowcostdubai.com" title="m2r low cost recruitment" width="300" height="38" class="size-medium wp-image-240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our banner on www.lowcostdubai.com</p></div>
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		<title>m2r secures funding to aid global expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=238</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Low cost recruitment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recruitment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recruitment cost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cheap recruitment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great news! We have recently secured significant funding from HSBC to allow us to build our UK team with a view to selling our Low Cost Recruitment service on a global scale.
We are looking to have a team of minimum 10 sales professionals who can sell across the world within the next two years and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great news! We have recently secured significant funding from HSBC to allow us to build our UK team with a view to selling our Low Cost Recruitment service on a global scale.<br />
We are looking to have a team of minimum 10 sales professionals who can sell across the world within the next two years and be number one in the market. International expansion could also be on the cards, we are certainly aiming as high as they can.<br />
As you know, we recently launched an innovative recruitment model and have seen interest not just from the UK but also in the Middle East, mainland Europe and the Far East. We have helped businesses fill a wide variety of roles, from warehouse positions all the way to international sales positions, as our strapline says, we can fill any role, anywhere.</p>
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		<title>Latest press releases</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=236</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs in the Gulf]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/m2r_launches_new_Middle_East_website_524858.html
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/Low_Cost_Recruitment_Service_Launches_524878.html
Please contact munir@m2r.co.uk for further information.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/m2r_launches_new_Middle_East_website_524858.html">http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/m2r_launches_new_Middle_East_website_524858.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/Low_Cost_Recruitment_Service_Launches_524878.html">http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/Low_Cost_Recruitment_Service_Launches_524878.html</a></p>
<p>Please contact <a href="mailto:munir@m2r.co.uk">munir@m2r.co.uk</a> for further information.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Low cost recruitment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Low cost recruitment, high value service
With 85% of job seekers looking online for a new position and 65% finding their new job online, companies are increasingly turning to this form of recruitment advertising to fill their vacancies.
However, they are then entering a minefield of cold calls, unsuitable and irrelevant CV applications which undoubtedly waste a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Low cost recruitment, high value service</strong><br />
With 85% of job seekers looking online for a new position and 65% finding their new job online, companies are increasingly turning to this form of recruitment advertising to fill their vacancies.<br />
However, they are then entering a minefield of cold calls, unsuitable and irrelevant CV applications which undoubtedly waste a vast amount of time and therefore, money.<br />
This is where multi award winning recruitment company, m2r Ltd step in.<br />
The innovative UK based company have launched a new service aimed at helping businesses recruit the right staff without having to endure the stress of handling multiple applications and phone calls.<br />
This service, costing from £175 per week, has already received great response throughout the UK and Middle East and is now attracting attention from the Far East and mainland Europe.<br />
Managing Director, Munir Mamujee, is delighted with initial reaction. ‘We can offer an alternative to traditional recruitment advertising methods where not only will we take all the response, we will also sift and ensure only suitable applicants land in your inbox. No other form or advertising can offer this.’<br />
Visit www.m2r.co.uk / www.m2rglobal.com for further information.<br />
Notes for editors:<br />
For more information please visit our websites at www.m2r.co.uk and www.m2rglobal.com, email munir@m2r.co.uk or call us on +44(0)1924 888185. m2r is the registered trademark of m2r Ltd.<br />
m2r Ltd has been established since 2001 and has won multiple business awards for its work in the UK and overseas. This low cost recruitment service offers companies the opportunity to fill vacancies at a very low rate, we write and place the adverts on relevant sites and then take and sift the response before delivering only suitable CVs to the client. We charge for the service, not per vacancy. Therefore for multiple hires or in a high turnover environment, this service offers excellent value for money. This service can be used by any size company, on any vacancy, anywhere in the world</p>
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		<title>Latest Press Release</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=232</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Low cost recruitment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.wakefieldfirst.com/en/news/3800/News-m2r-Supports-Local-Recruitment?menu0=group3&#038;menu1=news
Wakefield recruiters m2r are seeking to help local businesses by offering an innovative solution which will save time and potentially money
Having been in Wakefield for over 10 years, m2r aim to develop their local presence by showing companies that they do not have to spend fortunes or rely on ‘the bloke in the pub’ to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wakefieldfirst.com/en/news/3800/News-m2r-Supports-Local-Recruitment?menu0=group3&#038;menu1=news">http://www.wakefieldfirst.com/en/news/3800/News-m2r-Supports-Local-Recruitment?menu0=group3&#038;menu1=news</a></p>
<p>Wakefield recruiters m2r are seeking to help local businesses by offering an innovative solution which will save time and potentially money</p>
<p>Having been in Wakefield for over 10 years, m2r aim to develop their local presence by showing companies that they do not have to spend fortunes or rely on ‘the bloke in the pub’ to fill vacancies.</p>
<p>Managing Director Munir Mamujee commented:</p>
<p>&#8220;Some time businesses go to the extreme and spend next to nothing on their recruitment. They employ friends, family or someone from the pub. Then they wonder why their business is failing. Others spend fortunes, thinking that using a company in London is the best solution. We want to show both ends of the spectrum that there is an alternative which isn’t free, but is certainly cost effective at less than £500 and will eliminate cold calls, unwanted applications and all associated stress.&#8221;</p>
<p>m2r are currently in the process of moving all of their outsourced operations to Wakefield in a bid to show local firms that they do not have to go outside of the ‘merrie city’ to find exceptional companies that will meet and often over exceed their needs.</p>
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		<title>Low cost recruitment</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=228</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs in Saudi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After ten years of running m2r I decided to launch a brand new service for our clients in the UK and Middle East. We were getting feedback that although they wanted to continue to use us, recruitment budgets were being cut. So, in Feb I offered a new service to my clients before rolling it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After ten years of running m2r I decided to launch a brand new service for our clients in the UK and Middle East. We were getting feedback that although they wanted to continue to use us, recruitment budgets were being cut. So, in Feb I offered a new service to my clients before rolling it our across the company. It worked!</p>
<p>In March we all started selling it, called the m2r Job Board Management Service. Priced at £495 + VAT in the UK and $800 overseas, our clients were delighted that we could offer them an alternative.</p>
<p>So, now in July, we have a dedicated Telesales Department proactively selling this service and we are in negotiation with some rather large companies who are interested.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed!!!</p>
<p>Have a look at the following links if you want to know more:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.m2rglobal.com/documents/m2r_ME_job_board_management_programme.pdf">http://www.m2rglobal.com/documents/m2r_ME_job_board_management_programme.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.m2r.co.uk/m2r-job-board-management-programme.pdf">http://www.m2r.co.uk/m2r-job-board-management-programme.pdf</a></p>
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		<title>Photos from m2r&#8217;s latest overseas trip</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=221</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>munir</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs in Saudi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




m2r in Saudi Arabia, March 16th - March 24th 2010.
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<div id="attachment_225" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/img_4713.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-225" title="img_4713" src="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/img_4713.jpg" alt="Munir selling m2r services to local Saudi businessmen" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Munir selling m2r services to local Saudi businessmen</p></div>
<p>m2r in Saudi Arabia, March 16th - March 24th 2010.</p>
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		<title>So, what have we been up to recently?</title>
		<link>http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?p=210</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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For some reason I neglected to deliver a diary blog of m2r&#8217;s latest trip to the Middle East. I plan on making up for this now however. 

Courtesy of the British Government&#8217;s Gateway to Global Growth Programme of which we are a part of, I, as international ambassador of m2r Ltd, travelled for free, top [...]]]></description>
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<div class="mceTemp">For some reason I neglected to deliver a diary blog of m2r&#8217;s latest trip to the Middle East. I plan on making up for this now however. <a href="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/image0011.jpg"></a></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Courtesy of the British Government&#8217;s </span><a href="https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/ourservices?_nfls=false&amp;_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=support_to_succeed"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gateway to Global Growth Programme</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of which we are a part of, I, as international ambassador of m2r Ltd, travelled for free, top deck of a 747 to Dubai on the 16th October this year. The aim was to spend 1 day working in Dubai, 1 day in Abu Dhabi and then fly to Bahrain for 5 days.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Friday 0ctober 16<sup>th</sup></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After a relaxing business class flight from Heathrow to Dubai I arrived at the </span><a href="http://www.rotana.com/property-10.htm"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Al Murooj Rotana</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, opposite </span><a href="http://www.thedubaimall.com/en"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dubai Mall</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> with time to spare. So a couple of beers to relax followed by organising my work notes for the two days in the UAE seemed like a good plan. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday October 17<sup>th</sup></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dubai Mall was strangely quiet. I know Dubai is going through troubled times but with the reduction in hotel prices I thought that the tourist trade would have increased. The roads are still jammed so the mass emigration that people have been harping on about has not had that much effect to the traffic. Anyway, a quiet mall means I could do my ‘daughter shopping’ at my leisure and without stress. By the way, I was shopping for presents for my daughter, not literally for a daughter. I always ensure I have one day off before working in the Middle East, through bitter experience I have realised that getting off a plane into 7 days of meetings is not the best idea.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday October 18<sup>th</sup> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First day of work. I have to quickly get in into my head that today, although being Sunday, is effectively Monday, but it isn’t, it’s Sunday. If you see what I mean. 5 meetings today, spread across Dubai. All with current clients but it is important to maintain the relationships, especially as we are coming up to budget time. Our clients In Dubai really appreciate me coming over, although it is quiet on the recruitment front, it will kick off again and I want to ensure m2r is still at the forefront of their minds. With so many companies in my market doing a disappearing act from Dubai, this is an ideal opportunity to cement some relationships and instil confidence with our clients that we are not going the same way. So, all in all, a productive day.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Monday October 19<sup>th</sup></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Very very early start today. Going to Abu Dhabi for 2 meetings, first one at 9am, meaning having to leave Dubai at 5.30am. I was privileged to have a meeting at </span><a href="http://www.yasmarinacircuit.ae/en/content/23/about-admm.html"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Al Yas Circuit,</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> home of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It was fascinating to see it, one week prior to the race. 15000 workers all frantically making sure the circuit was ready. Ferrari world looks great, as does Yas Hotel. It begs the question why I turned up a week before the race and not actually for the race, but such is life. Who wants to party on Branson’s yacht anyway!!! As I am writing this in December, it is plain to see that the circuit was ready and they did a fantastic job. The second meeting was with a government owned company, very interesting and I am sure we will be working with them early 2010. By the way, October in the UK, cold. October in the UAE, 35 degrees. Bring it on!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After this meeting it was a hot foot to the airport (3hrs away) to catch the flight to Bahrain. I was able to visit 3 more Emirates before I flew so I have now been to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain. All very different! I bet that I am the only recruiter from Wakefield, West Yorkshire that can boast visiting all of these places for work!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Landed in Bahrain early evening, feel home again. I love Bahrain. This is my third visit this year, all for work. I think that says it all. We are getting a very good reputation in the Kingdom and I am delighted with this. I am proud to work with the clients we have and long may this continue. Anyway, enough of the saccharin. As m2r is now working in the hospitality market, I was invited to stay with a client. Beautiful hotel, only opened a few months ago. Slap bang in Seef to commuting is dead easy. Martin, my driver of old, was a welcome face as well. He is a good lad. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tuesday October 20<sup>th</sup> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 meetings today plus the </span><a href="http://www.bbbforum.org/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BBBF</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> luncheon. I am also having dinner with our partner company, </span><a href="https://www.elite.com.bh/index.php?auth_sess=a0acca6a9259bc95308c67ebbe94ff68&amp;ref=c0ee08f4ae71793002a4e6ac1"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Elite Recruitment</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> based in Tubli. These meetings are a mix of new business and existing client visits and with our new initiatives in the region, they all should go well. The BBBF networking luncheon at the Golden Tulip is always fun, this will be my third one, probably more than some of the local members have been to! It was great to walk in, on my own, and be greeting with welcome faces and lots of hand shaking. I am beginning to be accepted here and this is the first step to establishing some good business relationships. I even had business people coming up to me saying they knew I was coming and wanted to say hello! Fantastic! I arranged to meet some current clients there also, it was great that some managed to turn up, it was also nice to know that they were there specifically to meet me. BBBF lunches are always good, the food is great and the company is top notch. I am hoping to be an associate member, time will tell……..</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wednesday October 21<sup>st</sup></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, I never made it to dinner last night. In hindsight arranging to go for a Kerala curry a few hours after a 5 course BBBF lunch was not the greatest idea. However, I did go to Elite’s offices and then to </span><a href="http://www.gulfhotelbahrain.com/gulfhotel_sherlock_holmes.asp"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sherlocks</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for some beers with them. Yazied and Ranjeeta are great people, very driven but down to earth with it. I cannot believe how fast Ranjeeta drives but that’s a different story. I am sure this is the start of a great relationship between m2r and Elite.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today 7 meetings are arranged. Due to some ‘technical hitches’ I arranged for Elite to attend a couple of these meetings which they did. I spent the day with one of the Bahraini trading companies that I work for. I was introduced to some very influential people. Several projects were discussed and they appreciated my refreshing approach. Looking forward to working with / for them. The evening was spent in the British club, lovely place with cheap beer. Just what you want after a hard days work.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thursday October 22<sup>nd</sup></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Final day before the weekend. (Today is Friday, no Thursday but it feels like Friday etc etc). Another 6 meetings today. 1 of them is with a client who has flown specially from Qatar to see me, this is a tremendous honour. All go really well. I was very impressed with the fish at Chico’s in Adliya, the cigars were very good too. I never realised that Castro himself used to go there. However not being used to smoking fat cigars, I did think my head was going to fall off after a while. All in all it has been a profitable if extremely tiring trip. I can look forward to an evening off followed by a relaxing day before the red eye back to Heathrow.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friday October 23<sup>rd</sup></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Had a good night with Yazied last night, saw a typical Arabian bar, gets me set for Saudi in March! Today, being Friday (Saturday, Friday, you get the gist) I am doing nothing. A bit of shopping followed by spending the afternoon at my mate’s villa in Janusan. It is important that I see a local expat villa as how UK recruitment companies can offer an expatriation service without seeing firsthand the type of accommodation you can live in beats me. If you remember, on my last trip, I actually stayed in an apartment as opposed to a hotel for the same reason. Another USP me thinks…..</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So goodbye Bahrain / UAE until March 2010 at least.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Good trip?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well……</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">·         </span><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">30 meetings.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">·         </span><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Vacancies ranging from CEO to Accounts Assistant.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">·         </span><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Reputation increased / cemented.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">·         </span><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Partner company met, vetted and relationship being built.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So yes, all in all, a great trip.</span></span></p>
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<a href='http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?attachment_id=213' title='Bahrain International Circuit'><img src="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/image0011.jpg" width="150" height="112" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href='http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?attachment_id=215' title='Almoayyed Tower, Bahrain'><img src="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/image019.jpg" width="150" height="112" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href='http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/?attachment_id=216' title='L Hotel, Bahrain'><img src="http://www.m2rglobal.com/recruitment-blog/wp-content/uploads/image012.jpg" width="150" height="112" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
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