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Daniel Grant

Pursuing M.Sc in International Business from Aarhus School of Business, MA in International Management from Heriot-Watt University (2007), Sales Administrator at Univar (2007-2008), Recruitment Consultant at Frontier UK (2008-2009).

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Industries: Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Retail, Sports
Skills: Business, Danish, Database Administration, Databases, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Guerrilla marketing, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, System Administration, Windows, Windows applications
Location: Denmark
Groups: Venture Cup Denmark
Interested in: Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Growing my group, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company
Schools: Heriot-Watt University, University of Aarhus

FEATURED STARTUP

GreenLane

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Consulting company for SMEs - Your road to success

  • Startup type: Competition Entry
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Just An Idea

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Frontier UK (Aberdeen, UK)
Position: Recruitment Consultant
Time period: January 2008 - August 2009
Description: Working for an Oil and Gas Recruitment Company in their Drilling and Well Services department involved in the recruitment of senior supervisory positions worldwide. Started in this position as a Recruitment Administrator and after one month was taken on as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant. Duties involved researching and headhunting candidates using online databases such as Oil Careers, liaising with candidates and clients, organising interviews, preparing client proposals, preparing our weekly sales reports, organising candidate and client mail shots, negotiating salaries and day rates and maintaining rapport with candidates and clients.

Was involved in placing candidates in the UK as well as locations such as India, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Norway, Denmark and Libya. Also had to adapt to different tax regimes, visa regulations and recruitment policies throughout the world. Dealt with blue chip companies within the industry i.e. Shell, BP etc

Employer: Univar (Aberdeen, UK)
Position: Sales Administrator
Time period: September 2007 - January 2008
Description: Joined Univar on a temporary basis as a Sales Administrator. Main duties were to deal with Purchase orders from some of the major oil companies and refineries throughout the UK. Was also heavily involved in stock checking, dealing with transport of goods and the maintenance of stock levels.

Employer: Camanachd Association (Inverness, UK)
Position: Events Administrator
Time period: June 2007 - September 2007
Description: Was taken on a temporary basis to help organise the 100th Shinty Camanachd Cup Final, a traditional Scottish sporting event which takes place each year. Was involved in Advertising the event, organising the match entertainment, organising the distribution and sales of tickets through ticket master and other specifically selected sources. Also liaised with our match sponsors Scottish Southern Energy and the BBC on match day coverage and advertising. Was also directly involved in organising the Shinty/Hurling International in Fort William.

EDUCATION

University: Heriot-Watt University
Time period: 2003 - 2007
Degree: International Management, MA

University: University of Aarhus
Time period: 2009 - Present
Degree: International Business , MSc

INFORMATION

Sports: Football, Badminton, Tennis, Golf, running.
Hobbies: Gym, traveling and playing guitar.
Memberships: MREC – Member of the Recruitment Employment Confederation
DIBS – Member of the Danish International Business Society
Awards: Cert RP (Certified Recruitment Practitioner) – Awarded by the Recruitment Employment Confederation – Passed with Merit (October 2008).

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    Consulting company for SMEs - Your road to success