Jobs.ie has announced the winner of their first ever Video Competition, awarding the Ä10,000 cash prize to James Goldsbury of Beaumont, Dublin. The competition aims to support and develop young talent in Ireland and involved submitting a video of 20 seconds on the theme ìI need to leave this jobî.
Jamesí video was chosen from hundreds of other entries that were submitted to the recruitment website. The winning videos are based around the character of a Victorian gent as he sets out to find himself a better job through the recruitment website jobs.ie. The winning video will be sent to hundredís of thousands of jobseekers and appear on the www.jobs.ie website as part of their entertaining new marketing campaign.
Huw Taylor General Manager of Jobs.ie commented ìThe competition was not only great fun to judge but also gave us access to some really creative ideas. The success of jobs.ie has largely been down to unbeaten online marketing, a jobseeker focused website and word of mouth. The winning videoís which can be viewed on www.jobs.ie will appeal to a generation of internet users who spend more time watching Youtube than Coronation Street. We have already processed over 1 million job applications this year which shows that our jobseeker friendly approach certainly works for recruiters.î
Huw Taylor, General Manager of Jobs.ie commented: ìWe were hugely impressed with the quality of the entries which demonstrated the level of creative talent that is out there. We are the leaders in online advertising and this competition is an extension of previous successful online campaigns. For this competition the judges were looking for creativity, humour and something that reflected the way Jobs.ie can help people in their daily lives. Both James and Paul managed to achieve this and I hope that winning the Jobs.ie competition helps them achieve the success that their talent deserves.î
James is a full-time stand-up comedian, who performs all over Ireland and the UK. He has performed in the Kinsale comedy festival, Kilkenny Cat Laughs and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. James commented ìI was delighted to be chosen as the winner of this competition, I put a lot of effort into making the videos and I am delighted that this has paid off for me!î The response to this competition was so great that an unplanned second prize of Ä3,000 was also awarded. This was given to Paul Gosker from Sutton in Dublin. Paul is a web designer with a keen interest in film and television.
Irish Comedianís video wins Jobs.ie Ä10,000 prize
James video was chosen from hundreds of other entries that were submitted to the recruitment website
