Our Senior Account Manager, Paul Devlin, Speaks to Young Footballers about Careers in Construction

Yesterday our Senior Account Manager, Paul Devlin, visited Willmott Dixon's University of Staffordshire's Student Village Project.He was asked by Willmott Dixon's fabulous Social Value team (Jessica Greig and Jordan Rees) to give a talk to some young Stoke City Football Club Academy players who are shortly leaving the club, and are interested in Construction or Engineering.

Paul was the perfect person to deliver this talk having played at pro Championship and Premier League level for 15 years, and gained 10 full international caps for Scotland before joining the construction industry. He spoke to them about life outside of football, transferable skills, and his transition from professional football into the work environment, specifically how he got into the construction industry 5 years ago.

Paul had this to say, "𝘐 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣. 𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦!" 

We want to wish all the attendees best of luck in their future career paths, whatever they may be!