Show me the MONEY: Inside the agency using CVs as currency

Recruitment firms, in not insignificant numbers, employ unique selection processes to sort the wheat from the chaff amongst potential candidates – including Apprentice-style interview days and scenario testing.

For recruiters who are tempted by these original recruitment drives, many will have their interest piqued by news that one digital creative agency is using CVs as currency to find the workers it wants.

Budapest-based creative hub Possible has turned its homepage into a shop where jobseekers can exchange their CV and LinkedIn profile for a mug, a craft beer or a Rubiks-style mirror cube.

Speaking to The Drum, Giovanni Pintaude, Executive Creative Director, said that his one-of-a-kind campaign hoped to highlight the culture of the company.