Paul started out as a reporter for NPR programs including “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.” He then covered Silicon Valley and the high-tech sector as a founding editor of the magazine InfoWorld, and at the San Francisco Examiner and San Jose Mercury News. Through interviewing business leaders, Paul discovered that he had an extraordinary ability to draw out what makes a person special and then convey it quickly and effectively on the page – a talent that enables him to create truly exceptional resumes, cover letters, bios and LinkedIn profiles.

Paul’s time as a journalist gave him privileged access to Silicon Valley pioneers and a ringside seat for the personal computer revolution. He was there to introduce the world to Steve Jobs’s first Macintosh computer and to IBM’s first PC. Paul captured the era in his best seller Fire in the Valley (with Michael Swaine), which was turned into the Emmy-nominated movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and was named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Business 2.0 magazine. For his book Fuzzy Logic (with Daniel McNeill), Paul was awarded a Los Angeles Times book award.

At the world’s most prestigious management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, Paul wrote and edited business white papers and articles for the firm’s flagship publication, the McKinsey Quarterly. His writing also appeared in the Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times. While leading West Coast communications at McKinsey for 7 years, he was responsible for communicating the value of the firm at a global level. He worked closely with individual directors and partners to help them build their reputations through corporate bios and executive resumes, and he advised McKinsey consultants on media strategy.

Shimmering Careers donates a portion of its earnings back to the community, and Paul Freiberger provides pro-bono resume writing and job search assistance to individuals who cannot afford it. He does this through the Transitional Housing Program / Family Supportive Housing, Inc. in San Jose, California.

Paul is an advisor and volunteer for the Square Peg Foundation, an organization that rescues retired racehorses and retrains them for use in therapeutic riding by children on the autism spectrum. It also teaches kids of all ages responsibility by working on the organization’s ranch in California.

Paul volunteered for 8 years in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America program. He has also been on the board of Camp Unalayee, which provides scholarships for inner-city kids to attend a wilderness summer camp in the heart of Northern California’s Trinity Alps Wilderness.