RECRUITMENT WEBSITE - NSFW: Is This The Most Violent Recruitment Site In Japan?

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, known for his dark sense of humor, is opening a new game development studio called Tango. His new recruitment flash minigame features Mikami being beheaded and the goal is to send his head flying as far as possible with a wide range of outcomes.

With messages like "Join us in Japan! Now hiring!" sprouting from dialogue boxes from the severed head as it is launched through the air, it is certainly a different approach from what you normally come across.

Here is the link to the site: http://mikami-project.com/

To play, you click the left button once to start and then again when the power gauge is at its best.

Via:

http://kotaku.com/5506993/nsfw-is-this-the-most-violent-recruitment-site-in-japan

and http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178592

NONTRADITIONAL - Government intelligence organisation targets recruits with Xbox Live ads

The British Government Agency known as GCHQ will now be running ads on XBOX Live to assist in recruiting people of ages 18-34 into their ranks. In addition to recruitment, their aim is also to get the word out about their agency and what they do because most people don't have much knowledge of the GCHQ.

Check out the links below for more information:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/20/xbox-gchq-adverts
http://kotaku.com/5408880/british-government-agency-to-run-xbox-live-recruitment-ads

Back on October of 2007 the GCHQ also ran ads online through Microsoft games:
'Become a spy' ads target gamers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/18/digitalmedia.advertising

NONTRADITIONAL - Gaming works magic for u.s. army

Brandflakes for Breakfast and Game Politics posted articles about the Army's use of their video game, America's Army, and how is has been used as a recruitment tool and how effective it has been in relation to other areas of advertising. Game Politics also makes a note at the impact the video game has had on recruits as far as how they react in battle and their how they receive and understand what is happening in battle as well.

Below are the links for the articles as well as the gaming site. Check them out and tell us what you think!

http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/2009/11/gaming-works-magic-for-us-army.html

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/11/17/america%E2%80%99s-army-extremely-effective-recruitment-tool

http://www.americasarmy.com/

VIDEO - Recruiting gamers, Nintendo Wii

This may not be a commercial recruiting job seekers, but Nintendo takes a nice approach to reaching new and old gamers to check out their upcoming release, "Punch Out!" Recruitment videos should be just as fun. Get footage of your employees on the jobsite doing their job, talking about challenges that face them throughout the day and plan of attack to reach goals. It could make for interesting concepts in different industries.