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Ex Port Elizabeth Fugitive Empowers’ Contest Giveway

9 November 2012 By Port Elizabethan

200 budding South African entrepreneurs are to be offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to start their own online business at no cost thanks to the incredible generosity of UK Millionaire Business Sean Smith, who himself left South Africa four years ago, having been wrongfully jailed, attacked & raped repeatedly whilst in St Alban’s Prison outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

The contest is called ‘Empower Me’ and winners will be chosen depending on the quality of their application form and long term commitment to their potential business. Applications are now being accepted through the website: http://www.career4.me where full details are available.

The winners will be given: A free, personalized commercial website, tailored, ready to trade. Perhaps the biggest prize will be that there will be no website hosting costs for the lifetime of the individual winner. Website support will be given by one of the biggest 24 hour service support companies, again at no cost to the winner as well as marketing & design assistance.

Since leaving South Africa four years ago, Smith, 42 founded BamsBoard, ‘putting SMART into SMRT’, whose online services include JobBud, the largest job site in Wales and CVBud, Europe’s largest CV Distribution Network. He also owns, Sean Smith & Associates, one of the UK’s boutique specialist recruiter’s specialising in criminal law. Smith finished his long-term relationship from life Partner, former Wales Rugby Captain & Celebrity Gareth Thomas earlier this year. For the past six months Sean has been battling with cancer, of which he was officially given the all clear last month.

The winners of the Career4.me ‘Empower Me’ Contest will have the opportunity to choose to start a business in one of the following areas: A job board, a reverse auction bid site, a community & classifieds site, an agency site, a business networking / listings site or an online store, all high growth opportunities in South Africa at the moment.

Career4.me is the revolutionary global website that empowers jobseekers to take control of their career by promoting their own personal brand. Free to join, Career4.me is a complete online career resource and includes free to use career tools such as virtual interview simulator’s, video conferencing & collaboration & a top level gamification system whereby members earn reward points and exchange them for such luxury items such as iPad’s, Laptop’s or hosting facilities.

Author: Glenn Hugh
Website: http://career4.me

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