Gradvantage Partners

A passion project that turned into a sidehustle.  

Connecting students and career changers worldwide with industry professionals and providing online one - to - one coaching to secure internships, grad roles and senior positions and roles within Law -Tech- Finance like I did.

Founder

Klue

Enterprise SDR - AI Competitive Intelligence & Win-Loss

Mid Market SDR - AI Competitive Intelligence & Win-Loss

Birmingham Black Lawyers

Executive Committee Member

Mitchell Adam Ltd

- Achieved multimillion closed revenue from Enterprise & Mid- Market business division 
- Increased monthly revenue 3x in first 12 months, meeting 100% deal quota month over month 
- Increased annual revenue by expanding into new business units and companies whilst multi threading new executive buyers
- Won back and retained an enterprise client versus numerous competitors
- Achieved company top #1 billing recruitment consultant in FY 18 & FY 19 respectively
- Won a big ticket Private Equity client by building rapport and making strategic relationships across the organisation - generating 6 figure closed won revenue and referrals across my team in the first 12 months 
-Closed over 150 high velocity deals with an average 1 to 4 week deal cycle

Sales & Recruitment Manager - Finance & Accountancy

Robert Walters

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Legal 

Gowling WLG

Successfully offered a prestigious Training Contract following the completion of a Vacation Scheme

Legal Intern (Vacation Scheme) -Training Contract Offered

Rare Recruitment

•	Delivered attraction and development projects to secure 1000+ candidate applications to our Legal, Finance, Public Sector, Business and Technology clients including Goldman Sachs, Google and TeachFirst

•	Exceeded recruitment hire targets and application targets; sourcing insight event attendees, generating leads and providing 1-1 application support for Tier 1 Investment Banking applicants

•	Created and delivered presentations during annual tours engaging over 600 students on university campus visits to LSE, Warwick, Nottingham, Leeds, and Birmingham

•	Advised and carried out activities on a recruitment campaign for a Tier 1 Investment Bank including; sourcing, selection and interviews of over 100 candidates

•	Managed over 350 candidate relationships to create talent pipelines for spring and summer internship programmes

•	Analysed large datasets to produce reports and evaluate key recruitment metrics

•	Delivered presentations and weekly in house coaching workshops to support students to make internship and graduate applications

Graduate Recruitment & Account Manager  - Law - Finance - Tech

Education Nationale - Lille

•	Taught English to 19 classes of 25-30 pupils ranging from 6 – 11 years old; improving pupils speaking and writing skills by designing creative classes on UK culture and contemporary society.

English Teacher

Andrew Williams Solicitors

•	Prepared immigration applications each week to submit to the Home Office on behalf of my clients under the supervision of the Principal Legal Advisor

Legal Assistant

Leeds City Council

•	Researched Land law, contractual obligations and supported the Commercial Property team to draft agreements with high street retailers whilst preparing due diligence for the £40 million Victoria Gate retail development spanning 42,000m2

Legal Intern - Planning and Regeneration

Kieran Paul is an experienced Legal, Finance, and Tech Recruiter, known for his significant industry contributions. He was recently in Enterprise Sales at Klue and also serves as the founder of Gradvantage Partners, a platform that connects students and career changers worldwide with industry professionals, providing one-on-one coaching for securing positions in Law, Tech, and Finance.

In the past, he was an Executive Committee Member at Birmingham Black Lawyers for four and a half years. He served as a Senior Recruitment Manager in Finance & Accountancy at Mitchell Adam Ltd for almost four years, and a Senior Recruitment Consultant in Legal at Robert Walters for nearly a year.

His career has been centered on helping individuals, especially aspiring solicitors and professionals seeking to advance in big law firms and break into the Big 4 or industry roles. With a base in Vancouver, Canada, Kieran continues to excel in the Tech SaaS industry, helping leaders reduce lost revenue to competitors.

Got rejected for an SDR Manager over summer.





Fast forward a couple months …

The person who got the job instead reaches out

asking if I can train them and their team on how to cold call and outbound. 😮

You really can’t make this stuff up.

Sometimes “no” just means “not yet.”
Keep sharpening your craft - eventually, the universe will balance things out 


#wild #sales #sdr #outbound #growth #careerdevelopment #LinkedInStory

Kieran Paul

🧑🏾‍🏫 Sales Leader 🏃🏾‍♂️ Runaway Lawyer

I booked a Sales Director after 10 dials over 3 weeks 


Call 8 - Hey Lauren this is KP from Common Room *hangs up*

Call 9 - Hey Lauren saw your TAM expanded and figured pipeline conversion *hangs up*

Call 10 - Hey Lauren it's KP. Admittedly I've gotten you a few times - bad times. Do you have 30 seconds now to just understand why I'm calling?


Bad timing isn't personal. It's just bad timing. 

Simple.


PS - (god bless phone # rotation)

SDRs if it was Thanksgiving in two days

What would you do?




Ok, do that. 




PS - ideally quota should have been hit on the 14th but that means last month should have been all gas no brakes …and the month before that

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