To Attract New Hires From Out of Town, a Cincinnati Agency Created a Tinder Profile...for Cincinnati

What better way to find a match?

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Getting to know a new city is a little bit like going on a blind date.

After arriving at this insight while trying to think of ways to recruit new talent from out of town, Possible Cincinnati had an idea.

The agency used Tinder to find a prospective employee from a larger city and, after making a match, set up a visit to the agency and its hometown. Eventually they found the right match in Daniel Mashburn, an assistant account executive with Leo Burnett Chicago.

But would he fall in love with Cincinnati?

After some initial nerves and stumbling blocks, including misspelling Mashburn’s name on a welcome sign, the team at Possible Cincinnati seems to have shown the job prospect a good time.

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