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Talented digits in first ever recruitment gadget ad
Yell, the international directories business, and TMP Worldwide, the recruitment communications company, have produced a digital first.
TMP selected the best finger dancing videos from YouTube – currently a major craze on the site - for the campaign and which are being used with the creators’ permission.
Yell’s gadget ad will be present on around 50 sites including Facebook and Bebo. See Yell’s ad at www.yellcareers.com/gadget
Isabelle Hung, head of UK Resourcing at Yell, said: "These gadget ads are a dynamic and creative online marketing format that uses new technology to great effect. It enables us to engage and entertain web users whilst once again demonstrating that Yell is an innovative employer with new media, technology and innovation at the heart of our business.
"Our strategy is to raise further the profile of Yell as an employer in a way that resonates and engages people with specialist skills in new media environments.”
This is the latest wave of an integrated recruitment campaign by Yell that has previously used other innovative channels such as Second Life, alongside more traditional online and offline recruitment communications.
Andrew Wilkinson, chief executive of TMP Worldwide, said: “To attract the best possible people to your organisation today you need to be communicating your culture, brand and opportunities on numerous levels.
"Candidates are incredibly sophisticated with their media and network capabilities and this innovative approach by Yell displays how focused it is on maintaining its position at the cutting edge of resourcing.”
The gadget ads enable in-depth real time analysis of the success of the campaign. Full interaction reporting by Google enables TMP Worldwide and Yell to understand how users are interacting with the gadget and which online media channels are the most effective. This type of instantaneous reporting enables Yell to gain the maximum from its online recruitment spend and accurately target key audiences.
Andrew continued: “TMP aims to lead the digital recruitment revolution and our Second Life and in-game projects have started to build our reputation. Using gadget ads for Yell - which is a UK first - continues to enhance our reputation for innovation in recruitment.”
Meanwhile, Yell has ranked in the Top Ten in The Financial Times “Best Workplaces in the UK” survey, compiled by the Great Place to Work® Institute. The evaluation was based on an employee survey, a “culture audit” and a submission by the company.
The Institute defines a great place to work as one where a company’s people trust those they work for, have pride in what they do and enjoy the people with whom they work.
Yell is also one of only 36 organisations throughout the UK with “Investors in People” Champion status, a further reflection of its effective management and people development.
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Yell’s gadget ad will be present on around 50 sites including Facebook and Bebo. See Yell’s ad at 
