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Wednesday Feb 13, 2008
Recruitment in a digital world
How do you recruit in the digital age?
Youth media consultancy/training company/friends of YouthNet 'MediaSnackers' have posted a recruitment video on YouTube which makes a call for new training staff. It's innovative and a great use of the medium - and is posted below for you to see.
It should also work: what MediaSnackers want is people who are totally in touch with emerging media and online tools - those frightened off by this kind of recruitment device are already effectively deselecting themselves. Also, potential candidates will be partly judged on how creatively they respond to the advert, using video or other digital mechanisms to apply. As a way of separating out the properly keen from the can't be arsed, it is an excellent approach.
Unrelated note: the Guardian tech podcast this week covers NGOs, charities and not-for-profits and chats to star charity-new-media evangelist Beth Canter. It's an interesting enough show, but I can't help but note a slight whiff of condescension, that because it's not commercial it's somehow not 'proper'.
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