Apprentice Candidates
STEVE RAYNER is a Senior Business Development Manager.
Although Steve went to University he believes it to be a waste of time and is an advocate of getting stuck in straight away. He feels you need to be in a job where you are learning and gaining vital experience. Steve is originally from the UK but moved to Ireland a few years ago to care for his grandparents in Cork. His favourite colour is red although he is colour blind, but he reckons this has something to do with his football teams being Cork and Middlesborough F.C. - both wearing red.
The Candidate Highs and Lows
What he brings to the table:
Steve feels that he never had any business mentor and is not the most academically gifted but makes up for that with a degree in common sense.
Steve is definitely one of the stronger male candidates. He impressed in the first task however has become a little quieter of late. Maybe it is part of his strategy?
Episode 3
HIGH: Spent much of task 3 directing Breffny on what to do as project manager.
Episode 5
LOW: Accused of treating Sam unfairly and ignoring her ideas throughout the task.
Episode 6
HIGH: Winning project manager. Has learned from last week and has much improved his relationship with Sam.
LOW: Bought the four most expensive t-shirts in Ireland!
Episode 7
LOW: Was Samantha's lap dog for the entire task.
Episode 8
LOW: Messed up on the VAT figures again.
Episode 9
HIGH: Outsold all the other candidates in this task. Bill very impressed.
Episode 12
HIGH: Admitted that he had problems in the past but has overcome them.
Episode 13
HIGH: Winner of The Apprentice 2009
Quotes
Episode 1:
"Geographic's comes in to it Bill, they were selling on the Southside and we were selling on the Northside."
Episode 4:
On laying carpet - "bit of planning, a lot of measuring and a lot of sweat"
"Geraldine has the ability to stand on your boots without marking them."
Episode 5:
"Have you not got it yet? (Meteor slogan, have you got it yet?)"
"There was a big bee on front of the camera but a more dangerous one behind it (Steve on Sam)."
Episode 6
"I trust 100% who I have got on my team."
"If I win, I will prove I can manage four very strong characters. "
Episode 8
"I will not be pushed out of this task; I was pushed out on the last task."
Episode 9
"It's all about first impressions in sales"
Episode 10
"When you win you should get rewarded, I feel I'm being punished this time for doing so well last week. Myself and Aoiffe have never worked together before, not only have we not worked together we are on a team of two together - I feel that is more of a punishment than a reward! "
Episode 12
"I thrive on stress. "
"No one knows when the right time is, you have got to take the right opportunity"
Episode 13
"I have given my heart, my soul and occasionally my dignity for this."
